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ἐλεεινός , ή, όν, ἐλεινός h.Cer.284, Att. (Eup.25) and Trag. (v. infr.), but ἐλεεινός Men.Sam.156 Pap.: written ἐλεηνός in LXXDa.9.23, 10.11: (ἔλεος):—
A.finding pity, pitied, “δός μ᾽ ἐς Ἀχιλλῆος φίλον ἐλθεῖν ἠδ᾽ ἐλεεινόν” Il.24.309; moving pity, piteous, 23.110, etc.; ἐλεινὸς εἰσορᾶν piteous to behold, A.Pr.248; ἐλεινὸν ὁρᾷς thou lookest piteous, S.Ph. 1130 (lyr.); “ἐσθῆτ᾽ ἐλεινήν” Ar.Ach.413; “ἵν᾽ ἐλεινοὶ τοῖς ἀνθρώποις φαίνοιντ᾽ εἶναι” Id.Ra.1063; “ἐλεινοὶ οἱ ἀδικοῦντες” Lys.24.7; “ποιῶν ἑαυτὸν ὡς ἐλεινότατον” D.21.186; “-ότερος ἀνθρώποις τε καὶ θεοῖς” Pl.Lg.729e.
b. having received mercy, LXX 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, Pl.Phd.59a, cf. R.606b.
II. Adv. ἐλεεινῶς, Att. ἐλεινῶς, pitiably, S.Ph.870, Ar.Th.1063; “ἐλεινῶς διακεῖσθαι” D.19.81: neut. pl. ἐλεεινά as Adv., Il.2.314.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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