έλεος (éleos)

English: mercy

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Linguistic Information

Word Typenoun
Gendermasculine
Casenominative
NumberSingular

About έλεος

As a noun, έλεος is of the masculine gender and is in the nominative case in Greek grammar. It can help you understand sentence structure and word forms better.

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: έ‧λε‧ος

Definitions & Examples

  • noun:
    mercy, compassion, pity
  • noun:
    charity

Declension Table

masculine noun

CaseSingularPlural
nominativeέλεοςελέη
genitiveελέουςελεών
accusativeέλεοςελέη
vocativeέλεοςελέη

Greek nouns and adjectives change form based on case (role in sentence) and number. These forms show how έλεος appears in different grammatical contexts.