ἔλεος
See also: ἐλεός and έλεος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Uncertain. Could be related to ἐλελεῦ (eleleû, “woe, alas”), which is likely expressive/onomatopoeic; if not, from Pre-Greek.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /é.le.os/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈe.le.os/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈe.le.os/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈe.le.os/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈe.le.os/
Noun
ἔλεος • (éleos) m (genitive ἐλέου); second declension
ἔλεος • (éleos) n (genitive ἐλέεος or ἐλέους); third declension (Epic, Attic, Koine)
- pity, mercy, compassion
- object of pity
Inflection
Second declension of ὁ ἔλεος; τοῦ ἐλέου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ ἔλεος ho éleos | τὼ ἐλέω tṑ eléō | οἱ ἔλεοι hoi éleoi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ἐλέου toû eléou | τοῖν ἐλέοιν toîn eléoin | τῶν ἐλέων tôn eléōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ἐλέῳ tôi eléōi | τοῖν ἐλέοιν toîn eléoin | τοῖς ἐλέοις toîs eléois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν ἔλεον tòn éleon | τὼ ἐλέω tṑ eléō | τοὺς ἐλέους toùs eléous | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἔλεε élee | ἐλέω eléō | ἔλεοι éleoi | ||||||||||
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Third declension of τὸ ἔλεος; τοῦ ἐλέους (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ ἔλεος tò éleos | τὼ ἐλέει tṑ eléei | τᾰ̀ ἐλέη tà eléē | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ἐλέους toû eléous | τοῖν ἐλεοῖν toîn eleoîn | τῶν ἐλεῶν tôn eleôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ἐλέει tôi eléei | τοῖν ἐλεοῖν toîn eleoîn | τοῖς ἐλέεσῐ / ἐλέεσῐν toîs eléesi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ ἔλεος tò éleos | τὼ ἐλέει tṑ eléei | τᾰ̀ ἐλέη tà eléē | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἔλεος éleos | ἐλέει eléei | ἐλέη eléē | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἐλεέω (eleéō)
- νηλεής (nēleḗs)
Descendants
- 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 (2006–2023)
- G1656 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- bowels idem, page 92.
- clemency idem, page 137.
- commiseration idem, page 148.
- compassion idem, page 150.
- compunction idem, page 154.
- condolence idem, page 157.
- mercy idem, page 525.
- pitifulness idem, page 615.
- pity idem, page 615.
- remorse idem, page 693.
- sentiment idem, page 754.
- 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, →ISBN