ἐλεημοσύνη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐλεήμων (eleḗmōn, “pitiful, merciful”) +‎ -σῠ́νη (-súnē) from ἐλεέω (eleéō, “have pity on”).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

ἐλεημοσῠ́νη • (eleēmosúnē) 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 eleēmosúnē		 τὼ ἐλεημοσῠ́νᾱ
tṑ eleēmosúnā		 αἱ ἐλεημοσῠ́ναι
hai eleēmosúnai
Genitive τῆς ἐλεημοσῠ́νης
tês eleēmosúnēs		 τοῖν ἐλεημοσῠ́ναιν
toîn eleēmosúnain		 τῶν ἐλεημοσῠνῶν
tôn eleēmosunôn
Dative τῇ ἐλεημοσῠ́νῃ
têi eleēmosúnēi		 τοῖν ἐλεημοσῠ́ναιν
toîn eleēmosúnain		 ταῖς ἐλεημοσῠ́ναις
taîs eleēmosúnais
Accusative τὴν ἐλεημοσῠ́νην
tḕn eleēmosúnēn		 τὼ ἐλεημοσῠ́νᾱ
tṑ eleēmosúnā		 τᾱ̀ς ἐλεημοσῠ́νᾱς
tā̀s eleēmosúnās
Vocative ἐλεημοσῠ́νη
eleēmosúnē		 ἐλεημοσῠ́νᾱ
eleēmosúnā		 ἐλεημοσῠ́ναι
eleēmosúnai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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