Ancient Greek
Noun
ἔλεος • (éleos) m (genitive ἐλέου); second declension
ἔλεος • (éleos) n (genitive ἐλέεος or ἐλέους); third declension
- pity, mercy, compassion
- object of pity
Inflection
Second declension of
ὁ ἔλεος;
τοῦ ἐλέου
| Case / # |
Singular |
Dual |
Plural |
| Nominative |
ὁ ἔλεος
|
τὼ ἐλέω
|
οἱ ἔλεοι
|
| Genitive |
τοῦ ἐλέου
|
τοῖν ἐλέοιν
|
τῶν ἐλέων
|
| Dative |
τῷ ἐλέῳ
|
τοῖν ἐλέοιν
|
τοῖς ἐλέοις
|
| Accusative |
τὸν ἔλεον
|
τὼ ἐλέω
|
τοὺς ἐλέους
|
| Vocative |
ἔλεε
|
ἐλέω
|
ἔλεοι
|
| Notes: |
This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
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Third declension of
τὸ ἔλεος;
τοῦ ἐλέεος (Uncontracted)
| Case / # |
Singular |
Dual |
Plural |
| Nominative |
τὸ ἔλεος
|
τὼ ἐλέεε
|
τᾰ̀ ἐλέεᾰ
|
| Genitive |
τοῦ ἐλέεος
|
τοῖν ἐλεέοιν
|
τῶν ἐλεέων
|
| Dative |
τῷ ἐλέεῐ̈
|
τοῖν ἐλεέοιν
|
τοῖς ἐλέεσῐ(ν) |
| Accusative |
τὸ ἔλεος
|
τὼ ἐλέεε
|
τᾰ̀ ἐλέεᾰ
|
| Vocative |
ἔλεος
|
ἐλέεε
|
ἐλέεᾰ
|
| Notes: |
This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
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Third declension of
τὸ ἔλεος;
τοῦ ἐλέους (Contracted)
| Case / # |
Singular |
Dual |
Plural |
| Nominative |
τὸ ἔλεος
|
τὼ ἐλέει
|
τᾰ̀ ἐλέη
|
| Genitive |
τοῦ ἐλέους
|
τοῖν ἐλεοῖν
|
τῶν ἐλεῶν
|
| Dative |
τῷ ἐλέει
|
τοῖν ἐλεοῖν
|
τοῖς ἐλέεσῐ(ν) |
| Accusative |
τὸ ἔλεος
|
τὼ ἐλέει
|
τᾰ̀ ἐλέη
|
| Vocative |
ἔλεος
|
ἐλέει
|
ἐλέη
|
| Notes: |
This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
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Related terms
Descendants
- Modern Greek: έλεος (éleos)
References
- ἔλεος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἔλεος in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἔλεος in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- «ἔλεος» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- «ἔλεος» in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- «ἔλεος» in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (© 2006–2016)
- “G1656”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
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bowels idem, page 92.
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clemency idem, page 137.
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commiseration idem, page 148.
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compassion idem, page 150.
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compunction idem, page 154.
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condolence idem, page 157.
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mercy idem, page 525.
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pitifulness idem, page 615.
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pity idem, page 615.
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remorse idem, page 693.
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sentiment idem, page 754.
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sympathy idem, page 850.
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill