eleemosyna

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

ĕlĕēmŏsyna, ae, f., = ἐλεημοσύνη,

alms (eccl. Lat.), Tert. Patient. 7; Aug. Civ. D. 21, 27; Vulg. Matt. 6, 2 al.