ἐλεεινός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἐλεεινή, ἐλεεινόν, [[ἐλεινός]] ''h.Cer.''284, Att. (Eup.25) and Trag. (v. infr.), but [[ἐλεεινός]] Men.''Sam.''156 Pap.: written ἐλεηνός in [[LXX]] ''Da.''9.23, 10.11: ([[ἔλεος]]):—<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[finding pity]], [[pitied]], δός μ' ἐς Ἀχιλλῆος φίλον ἐλθεῖν ἠδ' ἐλεεινόν Il.24.309; [[moving pity]], [[piteous]], 23.110, etc.; <b class="b3">ἐλεινὸς εἰσορᾶν</b> [[piteous]] to behold, [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Prometheus Vinctus|Pr.]]''248; <b class="b3">ἐλεινὸν ὁρᾷς</b> thou lookest [[piteous]], S.''Ph.'' 1130 (lyr.); ἐσθῆτ' ἐλεινήν [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[Acharnians|Ach.]]''413; ἵν' ἐλεινοὶ τοῖς ἀνθρώποις φαίνοιντ' εἶναι Id.''Ra.''1063; ἐλεινοὶ οἱ ἀδικοῦντες Lys.24.7; ποιῶν ἑαυτὸν ὡς ἐλεινότατον D.21.186; -ότερος ἀνθρώποις τε καὶ θεοῖς Pl.''Lg.''729e.<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[having received mercy]], [[LXX]] ll.cc.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[showing pity]], <b class="b3">ἐλεεινὸν δάκρυον</b> a [[tear]] [[of pity]], Od.8.531, 16.219, Men.l.c.; [[οὐδὲν ἐλεινόν]] = [[no feeling of pity]], [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedo|Phd.]]'' 59a, cf. ''R.''606b.<br><span class="bld">II</span> Adv. [[ἐλεεινῶς]], Att. [[ἐλεινῶς]], [[pitiably]], S.''Ph.''870, Ar.''Th.''1063; ἐλεινῶς διακεῖσθαι D.19.81: neut. pl. [[ἐλεεινά]] as adverb, Il.2.314.