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ἔλεος

eleos

pity, mercy, compassion

Appears 23 times across Aristotle's works.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ἔλεος, ὁ, A. pity, mercy, compassion, Il. 24.44, etc.: also in pl., Pl. R. 6c6c, D. 25.83; μʼ ἔ. τινος ἐσῆλθε pity for . ., E. IA 491; ἔλεον ποιήσασθαι ἐπί τινι D. 24.111; ἐλέου τυχεῖν παρά τινος Antipho 1.27:—later ἔλεος, τό, Plb. 1.88.2, LXX Ge. 19.19, etc.:pl., ἐλέη, τά, ib.Ps. 16(17).7; ἐ. ποιεῖν μετά τινος ib.Ge. 24.12, al. (but masc. is also found, ib.Ps. 83 (84).12, Plb. 33.11.3, Agatharch. 83, Phld. Rh. 1.65 S., Ep.Jac. 2.13, etc.). II. personified. worshipped at Athens, Sch.S. OC 260; at Epidaurus, IG 4.1282; Ἔ. ἐπιεικὴς θεός Timocl. 31. III. object of compassion, piteous thing, E. Or. 832.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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