ἐλεεινός
λόγῳ ἀναλίσκω τὸν χρόνον τῆς ἡμέρας → waste the day in idle talk, consume the duration of the day with talk
English (LSJ)
ή, όν, ἐλεινός h.Cer.284, Att. (Eup.25) and Trag. (v. infr.), but ἐλεεινός Men.Sam.156 Pap.: written ἐλεηνός in LXXDa.9.23, 10.11: (ἔλεος):—
A finding pity, pitied, δός μ' ἐς Ἀχιλλῆος φίλον ἐλθεῖν ἠδ' ἐλεεινόν Il.24.309; moving pity, piteous, 23.110, etc.; ἐλεινὸς εἰσορᾶν piteous to behold, A.Pr.248; ἐλεινὸν ὁρᾷς thou lookest piteous, S.Ph. 1130 (lyr.); ἐσθῆτ' ἐλεινήν Ar.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. b having received mercy, LXX ll.cc. 2 showing pity, ἐ. δάκρυον a tear of pity, Od.8.531, 16.219, Men.l.c.; οὐδὲν ἐλεινόν no feeling of pity, Pl.Phd.59a, cf. R.606b. II Adv. ἐλεεινῶς, Att. ἐλεινῶς, pitiably, S.Ph.870, Ar.Th.1063; ἐλεινῶς διακεῖσθαι D.19.81: neut. pl. ἐλεεινά as Adv., Il.2.314.
German (Pape)
[Seite 794] mitleidswerth, bejammernswürdig; δός μ' ἐς Ἀχιλλῆος φίλον ἐλθεῖν ἠδ' ἐλεεινόν Il. 24, 309, als Einer der Mitleid findet; übh. unglücklich, Hom. u. Folgde; Plat. Legg. V, 729 b; Lys. 24, 7; καὶ ἄθλιος Plat. Gorg. 469 a; auch von Sachen, θέα Rep. X, 620 a; ἐλεεινόν τι λέγειν Ion 535 c; δράματα Apol. 35 b; – ἐλεεινὸν ὑπ' ὀφρύσι δάκρυον εἶβεν, Od. 8, 531. 16, 219; – activ., mitleidig, ὦ τόξον, ἦ που ἐλεεινὸν ὁρᾷς Soph. Phil. 1115; auch bei Plat. (der nach B. A. 92 κατὰ ἐλεητικοῦ τὸν ἐλεεινὸν τέθεικε) ist τὸ ἐλεεινόν das Mitleid, Rep. X, 606 b; οὐδὲν πάνυ μοι ἐλεεινὸν εἰσῄει Phaed. 59 a. – Ἐλεεινά, adv., Il. 2, 314 u. Sp.; ἐλεεινῶς, Dem. Vgl. ἐλεινός.