ἔλεος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ὁ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[pity]], [[mercy]], [[compassion]], <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>

|etymtx=1.<br />Grammatical information: m.<br />Meaning: [[compassion]], [[pity]]; acc. to Schadewaldt Herm. 83, 131ff. rather [[pain]], [[lament]], [[commotion]] as [[compassion]]; criticism by Pohlenz ibd. 84, 49ff. (Il.).<br />Other forms: hell. also n., s. Schwyzer-Debrunner 38 w. n. 2)<br />Compounds: As 2. member in <b class="b3">νηλ(ε)ής</b>, <b class="b3">-ές</b> [[without compassion]], [[pitiless]] (Il.), < <b class="b2">*n̥-h₁leu̯es</b>; beside it <b class="b3">ἀν-ηλεής</b> <b class="b2">id.</b> (And., hell.).<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">ἐλεόν</b> as adv. [[pitiful]] (Hes. Op. 205), <b class="b3">ἐλ(ε)εινός</b> [[rousing compassion]], [[plaintive]] (Il.), (after <b class="b3">ἀλ(ε)γεινός</b> and adj. in <b class="b3">-εινός</b> (Chantr. Form. 195f.) rather than from late <b class="b3">τὸ ἔλεος</b>; <b class="b3">ἐλεήμων</b> [[compassionate]], [[pitiful]] (ε 181, Att., hell.), from <b class="b3">ἐλεέω</b> (cf. Chantraine 173), with <b class="b3">ἐλεημοσύνη</b> [[compassion]] (Call.), [[alms]] (LXX, NT); with inner shortening <b class="b3">ἐλεημο-ποιός</b> <b class="b2">giving alms</b> (LXX); <b class="b3">ἐλεητικός</b> = <b class="b3">ἐλεήμων</b> (Arist.; from <b class="b3">ἐλεέω</b>). Denomin. verbs: <b class="b3">ἐλεέω</b>, aor. <b class="b3">ἐλεῆσαι</b> <b class="b2">show compassion</b> (Il.) with <b class="b3">ἐλεητύς</b> = <b class="b3">ἔλεος</b> (ξ 82, ρ 451; Porzig Satzinhalte 182; on the semantics Benveniste Noms d'agent 66); <b class="b3">ἐλεήμων</b>, <b class="b3">ἐλεητικός</b> s. above; <b class="b3">ἐλεαίρω</b> <b class="b2">id.</b> (Il.; <b class="b3">ἐλέηρα</b> A. R. 4, 1308) after <b class="b3">ἐχθαίρω</b> a. o. (Risch 249; not from <b class="b3">*ἐλε-Ϝαρ</b> with Benveniste Origines 112 and Schwyzer 724); <b class="b3">βλεερεῖ οἰκτείρει</b>. <b class="b3">Βοιωτοί</b> H. mistake for <b class="b3">ἐλεαίρει</b>?<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European]X [probably] [??] <b class="b2">*h₁leu̯-</b> <b class="b2">compassion?</b><br />Etymology: No etymology. Origin in interjection (cf. <b class="b3">ἐλελεῦ</b>, <b class="b3">ὀλολύζω</b> etc.) is possible (Pok. 306). Also Bq.