ἐλπίς
Third declension Noun; Feminine
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
ἐλπίς
ἐλπίδος
Structure:
ἐλπιδ
(Stem)
+
ς
(Ending)
Sense
- hope, expectation
- object of hope
- anxiety, boding
Declension
Third declension
The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.
Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.
- καὶ γενόμενοσ πρὸσ τὸ τελευτᾶν οὕτωσ ἔφη. αἱρετὸν μεταλλάσσοντα ὑπ̓ ἀνθρώπων τὰσ ὑπὸ τοῦ Θεοῦ προσδοκᾶν ἐλπίδασ πάλιν ἀναστήσεσθαι ὑπ̓ αὐτοῦ. σοὶ μὲν γὰρ ἀνάστασισ εἰσ ζωὴν οὐκ ἔσται. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 7:14)
- ὑπεραγόντωσ δὲ ἡ μήτηρ θαυμαστὴ καὶ μνήμησ ἀγαθῆσ ἀξία, ἥτισ ἀπολλυμένουσ υἱοὺσ ἑπτὰ συνορῶσα μιᾶσ ὑπὸ καιρὸν ἡμέρασ εὐψύχωσ ἔφερε διὰ τὰσ ἐπὶ Κύριον ἐλπίδασ. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 7:20)
- Ἀλέξανδροσ ὁ τὰσ ἐλπίδασ συνάπτων πρὸσ τὴν τῆσ οἰκουμένησ ἡγεμονίαν. (Demades, On the Twelve Years, 50:1)
- πρόδηλοσ γὰρ ἡ αἰτία τῆσ περὶ τὰ βιβλία σπουδῆσ, εἰ καὶ ὑπὸ νωθείασ ἐγὼ μὴ πάλαι κατεῖδον σοφὸν γάρ, ὡσ γοῦν οἰεί, τοῦτ’ ἐπινενόηκασ καὶ ἐλπίδασ οὐ μικρὰσ ἔχεισ περὶ τοῦ πράγματοσ, εἰ βασιλεὺσ μάθοι ταῦτα σοφὸσ ἀνήρ καὶ παιδείαν μάλιστα τιμῶν εἰ δὲ ταῦτα ὑπὲρ σοῦ ἐκεῖνοσ ἀκούσειεν, ὡσ ὠνῇ βιβλία καὶ συνάγεισ πολλά, πάντα ἐν βραχεῖ παρ’ αὐτοῦ ἔσεσθαί σοι νομίζεισ. (Lucian, Adversus indoctum et libros multos ementem, (no name) 22:4)
- τὸ δ’ ὅλον ἀγνοεῖν μοι δοκεῖσ ὅτι τὰσ ἀγαθὰσ ἐλπίδασ οὐ παρὰ τῶν βιβλιοκαπήλων δεῖ ζητεῖν, ἀλλὰ παρ’ αὑτοῦ καὶ τοῦ καθ’ ἡμέραν βίου λαμβάνειν. (Lucian, Adversus indoctum et libros multos ementem, (no name) 24:1)
Synonyms
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hope
-
object of hope
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anxiety
