ἐλεημοσύνη

See also: ελεημοσύνη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

    From ἐλεήμων (eleḗmōn, “pitiful, merciful”) +‎ -σῠ́νη (-sŭ́nē).

    Pronunciation

     

    Noun

    ἐλεημοσῠ́νη • (eleēmosŭ́nē) f (genitive ἐλεημοσῠ́νης); first declension

    1. pity, mercy
    2. alms, charity

    Inflection

    First declension of ἡ ἐλεημοσῠ́νη; τῆς ἐλεημοσῠ́νης (Attic)
    Case / # Singular Dual Plural
    Nominative ἡ ἐλεημοσῠ́νη
    hē eleēmosŭ́nē     		τὼ ἐλεημοσῠ́νᾱ
    tṑ eleēmosŭ́nā     		αἱ ἐλεημοσῠ́ναι
    hai eleēmosŭ́nai
    Genitive τῆς ἐλεημοσῠ́νης
    tês eleēmosŭ́nēs     		τοῖν ἐλεημοσῠ́ναιν
    toîn eleēmosŭ́nain     		τῶν ἐλεημοσῠνῶν
    tôn eleēmosŭnôn
    Dative τῇ ἐλεημοσῠ́νῃ
    tēî eleēmosŭ́nēi     		τοῖν ἐλεημοσῠ́ναιν
    toîn eleēmosŭ́nain     		ταῖς ἐλεημοσῠ́ναις
    taîs eleēmosŭ́nais
    Accusative τὴν ἐλεημοσῠ́νην
    tḕn eleēmosŭ́nēn     		τὼ ἐλεημοσῠ́νᾱ
    tṑ eleēmosŭ́nā     		τᾱ̀ς ἐλεημοσῠ́νᾱς
    tā̀s eleēmosŭ́nās
    Vocative ἐλεημοσῠ́νη
    eleēmosŭ́nē     		ἐλεημοσῠ́νᾱ
    eleēmosŭ́nā     		ἐλεημοσῠ́ναι
    eleēmosŭ́nai
    Notes:
    • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

    Descendants

    • Greek: ελεημοσύνη (eleïmosýni)
    • → Latin: eleēmosyna (see there for further descendants)

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