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ἐλπίς

Third declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐλπίς ἐλπίδος

Structure: ἐλπιδ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: e)/lpw

Sense

  1. hope, expectation
  2. object of hope
  3. anxiety, boding

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἐλπίς ἐλπίδε ἐλπίδες
Genitive ἐλπίδος ἐλπίδοιν ἐλπίδων
Dative ἐλπίδι ἐλπίδοιν ἐλπίσιν*
Accusative ἐλπίδα ἐλπίδε ἐλπίδας
Vocative ἐλπίς ἐλπίδε ἐλπίδες

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.

Examples

  • καὶ ὁ μὲν διὰ τὴν θείαν ἐνέργειαν ἄφωνοσ καὶ πάσησ ἐστερημένοσ ἐλπίδοσ καὶ σωτηρίασ ἔρριπτο, (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 3:29)
  • ὁ δὲ Μακκαβαῖοσ ἦν ἀδιαλείπτωσ πεποιθὼσ μετὰ πάσησ ἐλπίδοσ ἀντιλήψεωσ τεύξασθαι παρὰ τοῦ Κυρίου (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 15:7)
  • Μωὰβ λέβησ τῆσ ἐλπίδοσ μου, ἐπὶ τὴν Ἰδουμαίαν ἐκτενῶ τὸ ὑπόδημά μου, ἐμοὶ ἀλλόφυλοι ὑπετάγησαν. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 59:10)
  • καὶ ἐγένετό μοι Κύριοσ εἰσ καταφυγὴν καὶ ὁ Θεόσ μου εἰσ βοηθὸν ἐλπίδοσ μου. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 93:22)
  • Μωὰβ λέβησ τῆσ ἐλπίδοσ μου, ἐπὶ τὴν Ἰδουμαίαν ἐπιβαλῶ τὸ ὑπόδημά μου, ἐμοὶ ἀλλόφυλοι ὑπετάγησαν. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 107:10)

Synonyms

  1. hope

  2. object of hope

  3. anxiety

Related

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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