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sense of shame, honour, πᾶσαν αἰ. ἀφείς S. Ph. 120; ἡ γὰρ αἰ. <πάρος> τοῦ ζῆν . . νομίζεται E. Heracl. 200; διʼ αἰσχύνης ἔχειν τι to be ashamed of, Id. IT 683; αἰσχύνην ἔχειν τινός for a thing, S. El. 616; αἰ. ἐπί τινι Pl. Smp. 178d; ὑπέρ τινος D. 4.10; joined with δέος, S. Aj. 1079; with ἔλεος and αἰδώς, Antipho 1.27 :—rare in pl., πτήσσουσαν αἰσχύνῃσιν S. Fr. 659.9; ἐν αἰσχύναις ἔχω I hold it a shameful thing, E. Supp. 164.
to have pity on, show mercy to, ὁ δʼ ἐρύσατο καί μʼ ἐλέησεν Od. 14.279; σύ μʼ ἐλέησον S. Ph. 501, cf. Eub. 1 D., etc.; ἐλέησον αὐτῶν τὴν ὄπα Ar. Pax 400; ἐ. [τινα] ἐπὶ τοῖς ἀκουσίοις παθήμασι Antipho 1.27; τῆς τύχης τινά X.Eph. 5.4 :— Pass., Pl. Ap. 34c, R. 336e, Ax. 368d; ἵνα . . ἧττον ὑφʼ ὑμῶν ἐλεοίμην D. 27.53; ἅμʼ ἠλέηται καὶ τέθνηκεν ἡ χάρις Men. 595.2, cf. 844.
pity, mercy, compassion, Il. 24.44, etc.: also in pl., Pl. R. 6c6c, D. 25.83; μʼ ἔ. τινος ἐσῆλθε pity for . ., E. IA 491; ἔλεον ποιήσασθαι ἐπί τινι D. 24.111; ἐλέου τυχεῖν παρά τινος Antipho 1.27:—later ἔλεος, τό, Plb. 1.88.2, LXX Ge. 19.19, etc.:pl., ἐλέη, τά, ib. Ps. 16(17).7; ἐ. ποιεῖν μετά τινος ib. Ge. 24.12, al. (but masc. is also found, ib. Ps. 83 ( 84). 12, Plb. 33.11.3, Agatharch. 83, Phld. Rh. 1.65 S., Ep.Jac. 2.13, etc.).
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heroes, as objects of worship, ἥ. ἀντίθεοι Pi. P. 1.53, 4.58; ἥ. θεός, of Heracles, Id. N. 3.22; but [ Ἡρακλέϊ] τῷ μὲν ὡς Ὀλυμπίῳ θύουσι, τῷ δὲ ἑτέρῳ ὡς ἥρωι ἐναγίζουσι Hdt. 2.44; Σίσυφος ἥ. Thgn. 711; twice in A., Ag. 516, Fr. 55; once in E., Fr. 446 (lyr.); οὔτε θεοὺς οὔθʼ ἥρωας αἰσχυνθεῖσα Antipho 1.27; esp. of local deities, founders of cities, patrons of tribes, etc., Hdt. 1.168, Th. 4.87, Pl. Lg. l.c., Arist. Pol. 1332b18, etc.; at Athens, ἥ. ἐπώνυμοι heroes after whom the φυλαί were named, Paus. 1.5.1, 2, cf. Hdt. 5.66; of historical persons to whom divine honours were paid, as Brasidas at Amphipolis, Th. 5.11, cf. Hdt. 5.114, 7.117: hence, = Lat. divus, ἥρωα ἀπεδείξατε [τὸν Αὔγουστον] D.C. 56.41; also, = Lares, D.H. 4.14; ὁ κατʼ οἰκίαν ἥ., = Lar familiaris, ib. 2.
that which befalls one, suffering, misfortune, S. Tr. 142, Th. 4.48, etc.; τὸ π. τοῦ Χριστοῦ the passion of Christ, 2 Ep.Cor. 1.5; of good fortune, χαῖρε παθὼν τὸ π. (deification) Orph. Fr. 32f: mostly in pl., Hdt. 8.136, etc.; παθήμαθʼ ἅπαθον S. OC 361; ἀκούσια π., opp. ἑκούσια καὶ ἐκ προνοίας ἀδικήματα, Antipho 1.27; τὰ δέ μοι π. μαθήματα γέγονε my sufferings have been my lessons (cf. πάθος I.2), Hdt. 1.207, cf. Ar. Th. 199, Pl. Smp. 222b.