mĭsĕrĭcordĭa — Lewis & Short
mĭsĕrĭcordĭa, ae, f.misericors,
I tender-heartedness, pity, compassion, mercy.
I Lit. (class.):
misericordia est aegritudo ex miseriā alterius injuriā laborantis,Cic. Tusc. 4, 8, 18:
(Stoici) misericordiam, cupiditatem, metum, morbos animi appellant,Lact. 6, 14:
misericordiam aliis commovere ... misericordiā capi,Cic. de Or. 2, 47, 195:
misericordiā commotus,id. Mur. 31, 65:
mentes hominum ad lenitatem misericordiamque revocare,id. de Or. 1, 12, 53: misericordiam implorare et exposcere, id. Mil. 34, 92:
vestram misericordiam implorat,id. Mur. 40, 86:
captare,id. Phil. 2, 34:
populi concitare,id. de Or. 1, 53, 227:
tribuere alicui,to give, bestow, id. Planc. 1, 3:
adhibere,to show, id. Rab. Perd. 2, 5:
praebere, Aug. Civ. Dei, 9, 5: exercere,to exercise, Dig. 16, 3, 7:
misericordiam facere (eccl. Lat.),Vulg. Gen. 20, 13 al.:
alienā misericordiā vivo,on the compassion of others, Cic. Rosc. Am. 50, 145:
cum ipse patitur, miseria, cum aliis compatitur, misericordia dici solet,Aug. Conf. 3, 2, 1:
ad misericordiam inducere,to move, Cic. Brut. 50, 188:
ad misericordiam vocare,id. Mur. 3:
misericordiam magnam habere,to have, entertain, id. ib. 40, 86.—Plur.:
misericordias habere,Plaut. Most. 2, 3, 115.—With gen.:
puerorum,for the children, Cic. Att. 7, 12:
haec magnā cum misericordiā fletuque pronuntiantur,with great pathos, Caes. B. C. 2, 12 fin.:
remotā misericordiā discutere,without compassion, Aug. Conf. 9, 13, 1.— Esp., plur.:
misericordiae,works of charity, Salv. adv. Avar. 2, 1.—*
B Transf., a condition to excite compassion, wretchedness, misery:
quantum misericordiae nobis tuae preces et tua salus allatura sit,Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 8.—
II Personified: Mĭ-sĕrĭcordĭa, the goddess Mercy or Compassion, App. M. 1, p. 263, 38; cf. Quint. 5, 11, 38; Claud. B. Gild. 404.