ἔλεος,ὁ,
A. pity, mercy, compassion, Il. 24.44 , etc.: also in pl., Pl. R. 6c6 c, D. 25.83 ;μ' ἔ. τινος ἐσῆλθε pity for. ., E. IA 491 ; ἔλεον ποιήσασθαι ἐπί τινι
D. 24.111
; ἐλέου τυχεῖν παρά τινος
Antipho 1.27
:—laterἔλεος,τό , Plb. 1.88.2 , LXX Ge. 19.19 , etc.:pl.,ἐλέη,τά , ib. Ps. 16(17).7 ;ἐ. ποιεῖν μετά τινοςib. 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 .