What is the Latin translation of "Lord, have mercy"?

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I’m very much aware that “Kyrie eleison” is the Greek translation and is also used in Latin masses.

I’ve been looking around, and I’ve found “Miserere mei, Deus”, which is “Lord have mercy on me”, but I still can’t find one for just simply “Lord, have mercy.” What is its most direct Latin translation?
 
dshix said:
The question has already been answered, but:

I was curious what answer google translate would give, and I got:

“Lord have mercy” = “Dominus eleison”
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Haha! 😃
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To be fair, because of its presence in the Latin language liturgy, *eleison *frequently appears in Latin dictionaries as a borrowing from Greek. Just as English has borrowed a plethora of words from Latin, Greek, et cetera, so too did Latin borrow from other languages. (And in liturgical Latin, those borrowing often come from Greek or Hebrew)

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There are some litanies that have the response “Miserere Domine.”
 
tee_eff_em said:
To be fair, because of its presence in the Latin language liturgy, *eleison *frequently appears in Latin dictionaries as a borrowing from Greek. Just as English has borrowed a plethora of words from Latin, Greek, et cetera, so too did Latin borrow from other languages. (And in liturgical Latin, those borrowing often come from Greek or Hebrew)

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To be fair to whom? Do you not find the oversight amusing, considering that Latin only borrows these particular Greek words in the context of the liturgy? 😛
 
tee_eff_em said:
To be fair, because of its presence in the Latin language liturgy, *eleison *frequently appears in Latin dictionaries as a borrowing from Greek. Just as English has borrowed a plethora of words from Latin, Greek, et cetera, so too did Latin borrow from other languages. (And in liturgical Latin, those borrowing often come from Greek or Hebrew)

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It is apropos to develop rapport with those who have the savoir faire to sing a capella in a myriad of linguas francas, whether ab initio or in medias res. C’est la vie! Deo volente, the use of doppelgangers will become de rigueur when the fin de siècle comes and we will say sayonara to those who believe that they have carte blanche to engage in blitzkrieg. Capice?
 
DaveBj said:
Dominus (vocative case Domine) = Lord

Deus = God
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Similarly, in Greek:

κύριος (kyrios, vocative kyrie) = Lord
θεός (theos) = God

Also, in Hebrew:

אדוני (Adonai) = Lord
אֱלֹהִים (Elohim) = God
 
x1980x said:
It is apropos to develop rapport with those who have the savoir faire to sing a capella in a myriad of linguas francas, whether ab initio or in medias res. C’est la vie! Deo volente, the use of doppelgangers will become de rigueur when the fin de siècle comes and we will say sayonara to those who believe that they have carte blanche to engage in blitzkrieg. Capice?
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x1980x said:
It is apropos to develop rapport with those who have the savoir faire to sing a capella in a myriad of linguas francas, whether ab initio or in medias res. C’est la vie! Deo volente, the use of doppelgangers will become de rigueur when the fin de siècle comes and we will say sayonara to those who believe that they have carte blanche to engage in blitzkrieg. Capice?
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