eleemosyna
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
- elēmosina
- aelēmosina, helēmosina, aelēmosyna, helēmosyna (in inscriptions)
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐλεημοσύνη (eleēmosúnē).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /e.le.eːˈmo.sy.na/, [ɛɫ̪eːˈmɔs̠ʏnä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /e.le.eˈmo.si.na/, [eleːˈmɔːs̬inä]
Noun edit
eleēmosyna f (genitive eleēmosynae); first declension
- alms
- almshouse
- pity, mercy
- Synonyms: misericordia, pietās
- Antonyms: ferōcitās, crūdēlitās, feritās, sevēritās
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | eleēmosyna | eleēmosynae |
| Genitive | eleēmosynae | eleēmosynārum |
| Dative | eleēmosynae | eleēmosynīs |
| Accusative | eleēmosynam | eleēmosynās |
| Ablative | eleēmosynā | eleēmosynīs |
| Vocative | eleēmosyna | eleēmosynae |
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Vulgar Latin: *alēmosyna (see there for further descendants)
- → Italian: elemosina
- → Romanian: elemozină
- → Polish: elemozyna
Further reading edit
- “eleemosyna”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- eleemosyna in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- eleemosyna in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.