ἐλεεινός, ή, όν,
ἐλεινός [[ “hymnus ad Cererem” 284 ] Refs], Attic dialect [[(5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 25) and Trag. (see. below)] Refs 5th c.BC+], but ἐλεεινός [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Σαμία” 156 ] Refs 4th c.BC+] Papyrus: written ἐλεηνός in [[ LXX.Dan.9.23, 10.11 ] LXX]: (ἔλεος):— finding pity, pitied, δός μ᾽ ἐς Ἀχιλλῆος φίλον ἐλθεῖν ἠδ᾽ ἐλεεινόν [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.309 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; moving pity, piteous, [[ 23.110 ] Refs], etc.; ἐλεινὸς εἰσορᾶν piteous to behold, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 248 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐλεινὸν ὁρᾷς thou lookest piteous, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1130 (Lyric poetry); ἐσθῆτ᾽ ἐλεινήν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 413; ἵν᾽ ἐλεινοὶ τοῖς ἀνθρώποις φαίνοιντ᾽ εἶναι [prev. author] “Ra.” 1063; ἐλεινοὶ οἱ ἀδικοῦντες 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 24.7; ποιῶν ἑαυτὸν ὡς ἐλεινότατον 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.186; -ότερος ἀνθρώποις τε καὶ θεοῖς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 729e. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__b having received mercy, [[ LXX [same places] ] Refs]
__2 showing pity, ἐ. δάκρυον a tear of pity, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.531, 16.219 ] Refs 8th c.BC+], Men.[same place]; οὐδὲν ἐλεινόν no feeling of pity, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 59a, compare “R.” 606b. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II adverb ἐλεεινῶς, Attic dialect ἐλεινῶς, pitiably, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 870, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 1063; ἐλεινῶς διακεῖσθαι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.81: _neuter_ _plural_ ἐλεεινά] Refs 5th c.BC+] as adverb, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.314. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]