ἐλεήμων

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ἐλεέω (eleéō) +‎ -μων (-mōn)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.le.ɛ̌ː.mɔːn/ → /e.leˈi.mon/ → /e.leˈi.mon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.le.ɛ̌ː.mɔːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.leˈe̝.mon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.leˈi.mon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.leˈi.mon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.leˈi.mon/

Adjective

ἐλεήμων • (eleḗmōn) m or f (neuter ἐλεῆμον); second declension

1. merciful

Inflection

Third declension of ἐλεήμων; ἐλεῆμον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἐλεήμων eleḗmōn	ἐλεῆμον eleêmon		ἐλεήμονε eleḗmone	ἐλεήμονε eleḗmone		ἐλεήμονες eleḗmones	ἐλεήμονᾰ eleḗmonă
Genitive		ἐλεήμονος eleḗmonos	ἐλεήμονος eleḗmonos		ἐλεημόνοιν eleēmónoin	ἐλεημόνοιν eleēmónoin		ἐλεημόνων eleēmónōn	ἐλεημόνων eleēmónōn
Dative		ἐλεήμονῐ eleḗmonĭ	ἐλεήμονῐ eleḗmonĭ		ἐλεημόνοιν eleēmónoin	ἐλεημόνοιν eleēmónoin		ἐλεήμοσῐ / ἐλεήμοσῐν eleḗmosĭ(n)	ἐλεήμοσῐ / ἐλεήμοσῐν eleḗmosĭ(n)
Accusative		ἐλεήμονᾰ eleḗmonă	ἐλεῆμον eleêmon		ἐλεήμονε eleḗmone	ἐλεήμονε eleḗmone		ἐλεήμονᾰς eleḗmonăs	ἐλεήμονᾰ eleḗmonă
Vocative		ἐλεῆμον eleêmon	ἐλεῆμον eleêmon		ἐλεήμονε eleḗmone	ἐλεήμονε eleḗmone		ἐλεήμονες eleḗmones	ἐλεήμονᾰ eleḗmonă
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἐλεημόνως eleēmónōs			ἐλεημονέστερος eleēmonésteros			ἐλεημονέστατος eleēmonéstatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἐλεημοσῠ́νη (eleēmosŭ́nē)
• Παντελεήμων (Panteleḗmōn)

Descendants

• → Greek: ελεήμων (eleḯmon) (learned)

Further reading

• “ἐλεήμων”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἐλεήμων in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• ἐλεήμων in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “ἐλεήμων”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers