ελεήμων

Greek

Alternative forms

• ελεήμονας (eleḯmonas)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἐλεήμων (eleḗmōn).^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.leˈi.mon/
• Hyphenation: ε‧λε‧ή‧μων

Adjective

ελεήμων • (eleḯmon) m (feminine ελεήμων, neuter ελεήμον)

1. gracious, merciful (compassionate; showing mercy to those who are suffering)

   Synonyms: ευσπλαχνικός (efsplachnikós), φιλεύσπλαχνος (filéfsplachnos), πονόψυχος (ponópsychos)

Declension

Declension of ελεήμων

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	ελεήμων (eleḯmon)	ελεήμων (eleḯmon)	ελεήμον (eleḯmon)		ελεήμονες (eleḯmones)	ελεήμονες (eleḯmones)	ελεήμονα (eleḯmona)
genitive	ελεήμονος (eleḯmonos)	ελεήμονος (eleḯmonos)	ελεήμονος (eleḯmonos)		ελεημόνων (eleïmónon)	ελεημόνων (eleïmónon)	ελεημόνων (eleïmónon)
accusative	ελεήμονα (eleḯmona)	ελεήμονα (eleḯmona)	ελεήμον (eleḯmon)		ελεήμονες (eleḯmones)	ελεήμονες (eleḯmones)	ελεήμονα (eleḯmona)
vocative	ελεήμων (eleḯmon) ελεήμονα (eleḯmona)	ελεήμων (eleḯmon)	ελεήμον (eleḯmon)		ελεήμονες (eleḯmones)	ελεήμονες (eleḯmones)	ελεήμονα (eleḯmona)

Derivations:
Comparative: πιο + positive forms (e.g. πιο ελεήμων, etc.)
Relative superlative: definite article + πιο + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο ελεήμων, etc.)

Related terms

• ελεημονητικός (eleïmonitikós)
• ελεημοσύνη f (eleïmosýni)

 

References

1. ελεήμων, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language