Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀνηλεής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀνηλεής ἀνηλεές

Structure: ἀνηλεη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: e)/leos

Sense

  1. without pity, unmerciful: -

Examples

  • ἔπειτα ἐγὼ μὲν διὰ ταῦτα ἀνηλεήσ τισ εἰμὶ ἄνθρωποσ, σὺ δὲ εὐσεβὴσ ὁ τῶν ὁμοσπόνδων καὶ συσσίτων κατήγοροσ; (Aeschines, Speeches, , section 1634)
  • τροπῆσ δ’ ὡσ ἐν ἀσθενέσιν ἀνδράσιν αὐτίκα γενομένησ, ἐσέπεσεν ἐσ τὴν πόλιν, καὶ εὐθὺσ ἐν Ἀθήναισ σφαγὴ πολλὴ ἦν καὶ ἀνηλεήσ· (Appian, The Foreign Wars, chapter 6 1:3)

Synonyms

  1. without pity

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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