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eleeo
to have pity on, show mercy to
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ἐλε-έω · ele-eō — LSJ
to have pity on, show mercy to, ὁ δʼ ἐρύσατο καί μʼ ἐλέησεν Od. 14.279; σύ μʼ ἐλέησον S. Ph. 501, cf. Eub. 1 D., etc.; ἐλέησον αὐτῶν τὴν ὄπα Ar. Pax 400; ἐ. [τινα] ἐπὶ τοῖς ἀκουσίοις παθήμασι Antipho 1.27; τῆς τύχης τινά X.Eph. 5.4 :—Pass., Pl. Ap. 34c, R. 336e, Ax. 368d; ἵνα . . ἧττον ὑφʼ ὑμῶν ἐλεοίμην D. 27.53; ἅμʼ ἠλέηται καὶ τέθνηκεν ἡ χάρις Men. 595.2, cf. 844.
abs., feel pity, Ar. Ach. 706.
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