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.
- Ταλαίπωροι δὲ καὶ ἐν νεκροῖσ αἱ ἐλπίδεσ αὐτῶν, οἵτινεσ ἐκάλεσαν θεοὺσ ἔργα χειρῶν ἀνθρώπων, χρυσὸν καὶ ἄργυρον τέχνησ ἐμμελέτημα καὶ ἀπεικάσματα ζῴων ἢ λίθον ἄχρηστον χειρὸσ ἔργον ἀρχαίασ. (Septuagint, Liber Sapientiae 13:10)
- ΚΕΝΑΙ ἐλπίδεσ καὶ ψευδεῖσ ἀσυνέτῳ ἀνδρί, καὶ ἐνύπνια ἀναπτεροῦσιν ἄφρονασ. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 34:1)
- καὶ τὰ μετὰ ταῦτα δὲ οὐ φαῦλαι ἐλπίδεσ, εἰ τὰ εἰκότα γίγνοιτο, ἀλλ̓ ἔθνοσ ἐπιτραπῆναι ἤ τινασ ἄλλασ πράξεισ βασιλικάσ. (Lucian, Apologia 30:1)
- νῦν δ’ ἐξωστράκισται μὲν πᾶν τὸ χρήσιμον ἐκ τῶν πραγμάτων, ἐξῄρηται δὲ τὰ νεῦρα τῶν πόλεων, εἰσ ἄνεσιν δὲ καὶ τρυφὴν νενεύκασιν οἱ βίοι, τὰ δὲ τῆσ ὁμονοίασ οὐκέτι μένει, νόθαι δὲ γεγόνασιν αἱ τῶν φίλων ἐλπίδεσ. (Demades, On the Twelve Years, 53:2)
- ὅπου γὰρ ἀεὶ μείζουσ ἐλπίδεσ, ἐνταῦθα καὶ οἱ φθόνοι χαλεπώτεροι καὶ τὰ μίση ἐπισφαλέστερα καὶ αἱ ζηλοτυπίαι κακοτεχνέστεραι. (Lucian, Calumniae non temere credundum, (no name) 10:2)
Synonyms
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hope
-
object of hope
-
anxiety
