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[[pity]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἔλεος]], ὁ. [[οἶκτος]], ὁ ([[Thucydides|Thuc.]] 7, 77).

[[pardon]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[συγγνώμη]], ἡ, [[verse|V.]] [[σύγγνοια]], ἡ.

[[mercifulness]]: [[prose|P.]] [[ἐπιείκεια]], ἡ, [[αἴδεσις]], ἡ, [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[αἰδώς]], ἡ.

[[obtain mercy]]: [[verse|V.]] [[αἰδοῦς τυγχάνειν]] ([[Euripides]], ''[[Hercules Furens]]'' 301).

[[ask for mercy]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[παρίεσθαι]] (absol.).

[[show mercy]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[αἰδεῖσθαι]] (absol.) ([[Demosthenes|Dem.]] 983; [[Euripides]], ''Med.'' 349).

[[have mercy on, pity]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἐλεεῖν οἰκτείρειν]]; see [[pity]].

[[pardon]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[συγγιγνώσκειν]] (dat.).

[[spare]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[φείδεσθαι]] (gen.).

[[have at one's mercy]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ὑποχείριον λαμβάνω]], [[ὑποχείριον λαμβάνειν]] (acc.), [[verse|V.]] [[χείριον λαμβάνω]], [[χείριον λαμβάνειν]] (acc.).

[[at the mercy of]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἐπί]]; (dat.).

[[leave a matter at the mercy of the speakers' capacity]]: [[prose|P.]] [[ἐπὶ τῇ τῶν λεγόντων δυνάμει τὸ πρᾶγμα καταστῆσαι]] ([[Demosthenes|Dem.]], 596).

[[he is at the mercy of the speaker]]: [[verse|V.]] [[ἐστὶ τοῦ λέγοντος]] ([[Sophocles]], ''[[Oedipus Rex]]'' 917), cf., [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] [[μὴ τοῦ λέγοντος ἴσθι]]. (''Eq.'' 860).

[[being always at the mercy of their assailants]]: [[prose|P.]] [[ὄντες ἀεὶ τῶν ἐπιτιθεμένων]] ([[Plato]], ''Pol.'' 307E).

([[I think that the virtues of many should not be at the mercy of one man]]: [[prose|P.]] [[μὴ ἐν ἑνὶ ἀνδρὶ πολλῶν ἀρετὰς κινδυνεύεσθαι]] ([[Thucydides|Thuc.]] 2, 35).
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