ἐλεητικός
Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.
English (LSJ)
ή, όν, merciful, compassionate, Arist.Rh.1389b8.
German (Pape)
[Seite 794] dasselbe, zum Mitleid geneigt; Arist. de virt. et vit. 4 u. öfter.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἐλεητικός: -ή, -όν, ὁ ἀγαπῶν νὰ ἐλεῇ, ἐλεήμων, Ἀριστ. Ρητ. 2. 12, 15.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ή, όν :
c. ἐλεήμων.
Spanish (DGE)
-ή, -όν
1 clemente, compasivo οἱ γέροντες Arist.Rh.1390a18, cf. 1389b8, ἀκολουθεῖ δὲ τῇ ἐλευθεριότητι ... τὸ εἶναι ἐλεητικόν sigue a la liberalidad el ser compasivo Arist.VV 1250b33
•neutr. subst. τὸ ἐ. la compasión Crates Theb.Ep.36, Ptol.Tetr.3.14.8, Heph.Astr.2.15.6.
2 adv. -ῶς compasivamente, misericordiosamente τοῦτο ἐ. ποιεῖς Ath.Al.M.27.492B.
Greek Monolingual
-ή, -ό (Α ἐλεητικός, -ή, -όν)
συμπονετικός, φιλεύσπλαγχνος.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
ἐλεητικός: Arst. = ἐλεήμων.
