compadecer, compadecerse de οὓς ... ἐλεᾶτε Ep.Iud.22, 23, ἐλεήσω τὴν Οὐκ-ἠλεημένην LXX Os.2.25, ἐγὼ ἱκέτας ἐλεᾶν ἐνομοθέτησα Hymn.Is.37 (Cime), c. prep. ὑπὲρ αὐτοὺς ἡμᾶς ἐλέα LXX 4Ma.9.3
•abs. sentir compasión, apiadarse ὁ δὲ δίκαιος ἐλεᾷ LXX Pr.21.26, cf. Ps.114.5, Ep.Rom.9.16.