mĭsĕrĭcordĭa | Mĭ-sĕrĭcordĭa (noun F) : misericors
* Tender-heartedness, pity, compassion, mercy.
* Lit. (class.): misericordia est aegritudo ex miseriā alterius injuriā laborantis,Cic. Tusc. 4, 8, 18: (Stoici) misericordiam, cupiditatem, metum, morbos animi appellant,Lact. 6, 14: misericordiam aliis commovere ... misericordiā capi,Cic. de Or. 2, 47, 195: misericordiā commotus,id. Mur. 31, 65: mentes hominum ad lenitatem misericordiamque revocare,id. de Or. 1, 12, 53: misericordiam implorare et exposcere, id. Mil. 34, 92: vestram misericordiam implorat,id. Mur. 40, 86: captare,id. Phil. 2, 34: populi concitare,id. de Or. 1, 53, 227: tribuere alicui,to give, bestow,id. Planc. 1, 3: adhibere,to show,id. Rab. Perd. 2, 5: praebere, Aug. Civ. Dei, 9, 5: exercere,to exercise,Dig. 16, 3, 7: misericordiam facere (eccl. Lat.),Vulg. Gen. 20, 13 al.: alienā misericordiā vivo,on the compassion of others,Cic. Rosc. Am. 50, 145: cum ipse patitur, miseria, cum aliis compatitur, misericordia dici solet,Aug. Conf. 3, 2, 1: ad misericordiam inducere,to move,Cic. Brut. 50, 188: ad misericordiam vocare,id. Mur. 3: misericordiam magnam habere,to have, entertain,id. ib. 40, 86.—Plur.: misericordias habere,Plaut. Most. 2, 3, 115.—With gen.: puerorum,for the children,Cic. Att. 7, 12: haec magnā cum misericordiā fletuque pronuntiantur,with great pathos,Caes. B. C. 2, 12 fin.: remotā misericordiā discutere,without compassion,Aug. Conf. 9, 13, 1.— Esp., plur.: misericordiae,works of charity,Salv. adv. Avar. 2, 1.—*
* Transf., a condition to excite compassion, wretchedness, misery: quantum misericordiae nobis tuae preces et tua salus allatura sit,Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 8.
* Personified: , the goddess Mercy or Compassion, App. M. 1, p. 263, 38; cf. Quint. 5, 11, 38; Claud. B. Gild. 404.

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