eleemosyna

== Latin == === Alternative forms === elēmosina, elēmosyna, elīmosyna aelēmosina, helēmosina, aelēmosyna, helēmosyna (in inscriptions) === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐλεημοσύνη (eleēmosúnē), from ἐλεήμων (eleḗmōn) + -σῠ́νη (-sŭ́nē). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɛ.ɫe.eːˈmɔ.sy.na] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [e.le.eˈmɔː.s̬i.na] === Noun === eleēmosyna f (genitive eleēmosynae); first declension alms almshouse pity, mercy Synonyms: misericordia, pietās Antonyms: ferōcitās, crūdēlitās, feritās, sevēritās ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Vulgar Latin: *alēmosyna (see there for further descendants) Borrowings: → Hungarian: elemózsia → Italian: elemosina→ Romanian: elemozină → Polish: elemozyna === Further reading === “eleemosyna”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press "eleemosyna", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “eleemosyna”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.