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1 Mercy
subs.Pity: P. and V. ἔλεος, ὁ. οἶκτος, ὁ (Thuc. 7, 77).Pardon: P. and V. συγγνώμη, ἡ, V. σύγγνοια, ἡ.Mercifulness: P. ἐπιείκεια, ἡ, αἴδεσις, ἡ, P. and V. αἰδώς, ἡ.Obtain mercy: V. αἰδοῦς τυγχάνειν (Eur., H.F. 301).Show mercy: P. and V. αἰδεῖσθαι (absol.) (Dem. 983; Eur., Med. 349).Pardon: P. and V. συγγιγνώσκειν (dat.).Spare: P. and V. φείδεσθαι (gen.).At the mercy of: P. and V. ἐπί (dat.).Leave a matter at the mercy of the speakers' capacity: P. ἐπὶ τῇ τῶν λεγόντων δυνάμει τὸ πρᾶγμα καταστῆσαι (Dem., 596).He is at the mercy of the speaker: V. ἐστὶ τοῦ λέγοντος (Soph., O.R. 917), cf., Ar. μὴ τοῦ λέγοντος ἴσθι. (Eq. 860).Being always at the mercy of their assailants: P. ὄντες ἀεὶ τῶν ἐπιτιθεμένων (Plat., Pol. 307E).( I think) that the virtues of many should not be at the mercy of one man: P. μὴ ἐν ἑνὶ ἀνδρὶ πολλῶν ἀρετὰς κινδυνεύεσθαι (Thuc. 2, 35).Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Mercy
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['mə:si]plural - mercies; noun1) (kindness towards a person, especially an enemy, who is in one's power: He showed his enemies no mercy.) έλεος2) (a piece of good luck or something for which one should be grateful: It was a mercy that it didn't rain.) ευτύχημα•- merciful- mercifully
- merciless
- mercilessly
- at the mercy of
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3 have mercy on
(to give kindness to (an enemy etc who is in one's power): Have mercy on me!) λυπούμαι -
4 quarter
['kwo:tə] 1. noun1) (one of four equal parts of something which together form the whole (amount) of the thing: There are four of us, so we'll cut the cake into quarters; It's (a) quarter past / (American) after four; In the first quarter of the year his firm made a profit; The shop is about a quarter of a mile away; an hour and a quarter; two and a quarter hours.) τέταρτο2) (in the United States and Canada, (a coin worth) twenty-five cents, the fourth part of a dollar.) κέρμα 25 σεντς, ένα τέταρτο του δολαρίου3) (a district or part of a town especially where a particular group of people live: He lives in the Polish quarter of the town.) συνοικία4) (a direction: People were coming at me from all quarters.) πλευρά, σημείο5) (mercy shown to an enemy.) έλεος (σε ηττημένο εχθρό)6) (the leg of a usually large animal, or a joint of meat which includes a leg: a quarter of beef; a bull's hindquarters.) τέταρτο σφαγίου7) (the shape of the moon at the end of the first and third weeks of its cycle; the first or fourth week of the cycle itself.) τέταρτο σελήνης8) (one of four equal periods of play in some games.) τέταρτο παιχνιδιού9) (a period of study at a college etc usually 10 to 12 weeks in length.) τρίμηνο, τριμηνία2. verb1) (to cut into four equal parts: We'll quarter the cake and then we'll all have an equal share.) κόβω στα τέσσερα2) (to divide by four: If we each do the work at the same time, we could quarter the time it would take to finish the job.) διαιρώ δια τέσσερα3) (to give (especially a soldier) somewhere to stay: The soldiers were quartered all over the town.) παρέχω κατάλυμα, στρατωνίζω•3. adverb(once every three months: We pay our electricity bill quarterly.) ανά τρίμηνο4. noun(a magazine etc which is published once every three months.) τριμηνιαίο περιοδικό- quarters- quarter-deck
- quarter-final
- quarter-finalist
- quartermaster
- at close quarters
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