ἐλεημοσύνη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐλεέω (“I have mercy”), from ἔλεος (“mercy”).

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /ele.ɛ͜ɛmosýnɛ͜ɛ/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /ɛlɛeːmosýneː/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /eleimosýni/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /eleimosýni/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /eleimosíni/

Noun

ἐλεημοσύνη (genitive ἐλεημοσύνης) f, first declension; (eleēmosunē)

1. pity, mercy
2. alms, charity

Inflection

First declension of ἐλεημοσύνη, ἐλεημοσύνης

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἐλεημοσύνη	τὼ ἐλεημοσύνᾱ	αἱ ἐλεημοσύναι
Genitive	τῆς ἐλεημοσύνης	τοῖν ἐλεημοσύναιν	τῶν ἐλεημοσυνῶν
Dative	τῇ ἐλεημοσύνῃ	τοῖν ἐλεημοσύναιν	ταῖς ἐλεημοσύναις
Accusative	τὴν ἐλεημοσύνην	τὼ ἐλεημοσύνᾱ	τὰς ἐλεημοσύνᾱς
Vocative	ἐλεημοσύνη	ἐλεημοσύνᾱ	ἐλεημοσύναι

Descendants

• English: alms
• Latin: eleemosyna

References

• LSJ
• Bauer lexicon
• Strong’s concordance number: G1654