merciful Copy link Outline 1. mĭsĕrĭcors, rdis (pitiful, compassionate)2. clēmens, ntis (mild and clement; not given to vengeance or indulgence of angry passion)3. mītis, e (mild)4. exōrābĭlis, e (open to prayers, that may be intreated) • merciful: 1. mĭsĕrĭcors, rdis (pitiful, compassionate): let them be m. with embezzlers of the treasury, sint m. in furibus aerarii, Sall. Cat. 52, med.: but the usu. constr. is, m. in aliquem (towards any one), Cic. Lig. 5, 15: blessed are the m., beati m., Vulg. Matt. v. 7. 2. clēmens, ntis (mild and clement; not given to vengeance or indulgence of angry passion): I desire to be m. (act with mildness, without severity), cupio me esse c., Cic. Cat. 1, 2, 4. Join: clemens [judex] et misericors, Cic. Pl. 13, init. See also gentle. 3. mītis, e (mild): a most m. and gentle man, homo mitissimus et lenissimus, Cic. Cat. 4, 5, fin.: m. to the penitent, m. poenitentiae (= iis quos poenitebat), Tac. Agr. 16. Join: mitis et misericors [animus], Cic. Inv. 2, 55, init. 4. exōrābĭlis, e (open to prayers, that may be intreated): Tac. Agr. 16: Sen. (longe in suis quam in alienis exorabilior injuriis).