ἐλεεινός
eleeinos
finding pity, pitied
Appears 22 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἐλεεινός, ή, όν, ἐλεινός h.Cer. 284, Att. ( 25) and Trag. (v. infr.), but ἐλεεινός Sam. 156 Pap.: written ἐλεηνός in Da. 9.23, 10.11: (ἔλεος):—A. finding pity, pitied, δός μʼ ἐς Ἀχιλλῆος φίλον ἐλθεῖν ἠδʼ ἐλεεινόν Il. 24.309; moving pity, piteous, 23.110, etc.; ἐλεινὸς εἰσορᾶν piteous to behold, Pr. 248; ἐλεινὸν ὁρᾷς thou lookest piteous, Ph. 1130 (lyr.); ἐσθῆτʼ ἐλεινήν Ach. 413; ἵνʼ ἐλεινοὶ τοῖς ἀνθρώποις φαίνοιντʼ εἶναι Ra. 1063; ἐλεινοὶ οἱ ἀδικοῦντες 24.7; ποιῶν ἑαυτὸν ὡς ἐλεινότατον 21.186; -ότερος ἀνθρώποις τε καὶ θεοῖς Lg. 729e. b. having received mercy, 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, Phd. 59a, cf. R. 606b. II. Adv. ἐλεεινῶς, Att. ἐλεινῶς, pitiably, Ph. 870, Th. 1063; ἐλεινῶς διακεῖσθαι 19.81: neut. pl. ἐλεεινά as Adv., Il. 2.314.
Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)
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