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ἔλεος

eleos · ὁ

pity, mercy, compassion

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 66 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ἔλεος · eleos — LSJ

pity, mercy, compassion, pity for

pity, mercy, compassion, Il. 24.44, etc.: also in pl., Pl. R. 6c6c, D. 25.83; μʼ ἔ. τινος ἐσῆλθε pity for . ., E. IA 491; ἔλεον ποιήσασθαι ἐπί τινι D. 24.111; ἐλέου τυχεῖν παρά τινος Antipho 1.27:—later ἔλεος, τό, Plb. 1.88.2, LXX Ge. 19.19, etc.:pl., ἐλέη, τά, ib. Ps. 16(17).7; ἐ. ποιεῖν μετά τινος ib. Ge. 24.12, al. (but masc. is also found, ib. Ps. 83 (84). 12, Plb. 33.11.3, Agatharch. 83, Phld. Rh. 1.65 S., Ep.Jac. 2.13, etc.).

II

personified. worshipped at Athens, Sch. S. OC 260; at Epidaurus, IG 4.1282; Ἔ. ἐπιεικὴς θεός Timocl. 31.

III object of compassion, piteous thing

object of compassion, piteous thing, E. Or. 832.

In the wild

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Where it came from

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. ἔλεος (scan p. 454; entry #2005). Root candidates: *hJeu-.
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ἔλεος (scan p. 350; entry #2415).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ἔλεος (scan p. 522; entry #1845).

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