pity, mercy
Ancient Greek word, found 209 times in the texts on Socratos.
Homer, Iliad 24.44: ὣς Ἀχιλεὺς ἔλεον μὲν ἀπώλεσεν, οὐδέ οἱ αἰδὼς
Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 3.462: δάκρυον αἰνοτάτῳ ἐλέῳ ῥέε κηδοσύνῃσιν·
Diogenes Laertius, Vitae philosophorum 7.1.111: … εἶναι, καὶ ἡ μέθη δὲ καὶ ἡ ἀκολασία ὁμοίως καὶ τἄλλα. Καὶ τὴν μὲν λύπην εἶναι συστολὴν ἄλογον· εἴδη δʼ αὐτῆς ἔλεον, φθόνον, ζῆλον, ζηλοτυπίαν, ἄχθος, ἐνόχλησιν, ἀνίαν, ὀδύνην, σύγχυσιν. ἔλεον μὲν οὖν εἶναι λύπην ὡς ἐπʼ ἀναξί …
All forms of ἔλεος