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