Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἐλεεινός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐλεεινός ἐλεεινή ἐλεεινόν

Structure: ἐλεειν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e)/leos

Sense

  1. finding pity, pitied or moving pity, pitiable, piteous, piteous, piteous
  2. shewing pity, pitying, of pity, feeling of pity
  3. pitiably

Examples

  • καὶ γὰρ φωνὴ αὐταῖσ γοερά τε καὶ ἐλεεινή ἐστιν, καὶ οὐχ ὡσ θυμούμεναι ἄρα πρὸσ τὸ θηρίον ἐπικλάζουσιν ἐν τῇ ἰχνείᾳ, ἀλλ̓ ὡσ οἰκτιζόμεναι καὶ λιπαροῦσαι. (Arrian, Cynegeticus, chapter 3 5:4)
  • οἱούσ ἀνθ’ οἱών οἰκήτορασ, ὦ ἐλεεινή, εὑρ́αο. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 2841)
  • παίδων ἀλλαχθέντι μόρῳ ἔπι τοῦτ’ ἐλεεινὴ μήτηρ ἀμφοτέρουσ εἶπε περισχομένη· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 6381)
  • ἐπεὶ δὲ σύνεγγυσ ἀλλήλων ἐγένοντο, πρώτη μὲν αὐτῷ δεξιωσομένη προσῆλθεν ἡ μήτηρ πένθιμά τ’ ἠμφιεσμένη τρύχη καὶ τὰσ ὁράσεισ ἐκτετηκυῖα ὑπὸ τῶν δακρύων, ἐλεεινὴ σφόδρα. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books VII-IX, book 8, chapter 45 1:1)
  • Ἐλεεινὴ δὲ ἦν ἡ τροφὴ καὶ δακρύων ἄξιοσ ἡ θέα, τῶν μὲν δυνατωτέρων πλεονεκτούντων, τῶν δ’ ἀσθενῶν ὀδυρομένων. (Flavius Josephus, De bello Judaico libri vii, 485:1)

Synonyms

  1. finding pity

  2. pitiably

Related

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

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