suppliant

• adj.懇願する; 懇願する
• n.懇願者

supplicantのフランス語形から。benefit,benefitactorと比較。

suppliant (n.)

early 15c., from Middle French suppliant, noun use of present participle of supplier "to plead humbly, entreat, beg, pray," (Old French souploier, 12c.), from Latin supplicare "beg, beseech" (see supplication). Originally in English especially at law; sense of "humble petitioner" is from mid-16c. As an adjective, "supplicating, entreating" from 1580s. Related: Suppliance; suppliantly.

1. He asked for help in a suppliant attitude.

彼は懇願する態度で私に助けを求めた。

2.He asked for help a suppliant attitude.

彼は懇願する態度で私に助けを求めた.

3.Heknelt as a suppliant at the altar.

彼は祭壇の前にひざまずいて祈った。