ἐλεεινός
Alt. ἐλεεινός, ή, όν
Etym. ἔλεος
I. "finding pity, pitied or moving pity, pitiable, piteous", Hom., etc.; ἐλεινὸς εἰσορᾶν "piteous" to behold, Aesch.; ἐλεινὸν ὁρᾷς thou lookest "piteous", Soph.; ἐσθῆτ᾽ ἐλεινήν Ar.; ποιῶν ἑαυτὸν ὡς ἐλεεινότατον Dem.
2. "shewing pity, pitying", ἐλ. δάκρυον a tear "of pity", Od.; οὐδὲν ἐλεεινόν no "feeling of pity", Plat.
II. adv. ἐλεεινῶς, in attic Poets ἐλεινῶς, "pitiably", Soph.; neut. pl. ἐλεεινά as adv., Il.