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|Full diacritics=ἔλεος
|Medium diacritics=ἔλεος
|Low diacritics=έλεος
|Capitals=ΕΛΕΟΣ
|Transliteration A=éleos
|Transliteration B=eleos
|Transliteration C=eleos
|Beta Code=e)/leos
|Definition=ὁ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">pity, mercy, compassion</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.24.44</span>, etc.: also in pl., <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span> 6c6</span>c, <span class="bibl">D.25.83</span>; <b class="b3">μ' ἔ. τινος ἐσῆλθε</b> <b class="b2">pity for</b>... <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IA</span>491</span>; ἔλεον ποιήσασθαι ἐπί τινι <span class="bibl">D.24.111</span>; ἐλέου τυχεῖν παρά τινος <span class="bibl">Antipho 1.27</span>:—later <b class="b3">ἔλεος, τό</b>, <span class="bibl">Plb. 1.88.2</span>, <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Ge.</span>19.19</span>, etc.:pl., <b class="b3">ἐλέη, τά</b>, ib.<span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ps.</span>16(17).7</span>; <b class="b3">ἐ. ποιεῖν μετά τινος</b> ib.<span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ge.</span>24.12</span>, al. (but masc. is also found, ib.<span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ps.</span>83</span> (<span class="bibl">84</span>).<span class="bibl">12</span>, <span class="bibl">Plb.33.11.3</span>, <span class="bibl">Agatharch.83</span>, Phld.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1.65 S., <span class="title">Ep.Jac.</span>2.13, etc.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> personified. worshipped at Athens, Sch.<span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>260</span>; at Epidaurus, <span class="title">IG</span>4.1282; Ἔ. ἐπιεικὴς θεός <span class="bibl">Timocl.31</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b2">object of compassion, piteous thing</b>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Or.</span>832</span>.</span>
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|ptext=[[https://www.translatum.gr/images/pape/pape-01-0795.png Seite 795]] ὁ, auch τό, bei LXX. u. im N. T. u. als v. l. D. Sic. 3, 18, <b class="b2">Mitleid</b>, Erbarmen; Il. 24, 44, u. öfter bei Attikern, auch im plur., Plat. Rep. X, 606 c Din. 1, 108 Dem. 25, 83; ἔλεον ποιεῖσθαι ἐπί τινι, Mitleid haben mit, 24, 111; ἐλέου τυχεῖν Antiph. 1, 21, u. ἔλεον ἔχειν, Mitleid erregen, Plut. Them. 10; – mit Jem., τινός, Eur. I. A. 491; auch εἴς τινα, Ael. N. A. 14, 18. – Alles was Mitleid erregt, Eur. Or. 833.
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