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.
- κακῶν ἐρασταὶ ἄξιοί τε τοιούτων ἐλπίδων, καὶ οἱ δρῶντεσ καὶ οἱ ποθοῦντεσ καὶ οἱ σεβόμενοι. (Septuagint, Liber Sapientiae 15:6)
- καὶ μὴν οὐδ’ εἰπεῖν ἔχοισ ἂν κατὰ τὴν ἀξίαν ὅπωσ ἐστὶ καταγέλαστα, ὦ Χάρων, καὶ μάλιστα αἱ ἄγαν σπουδαὶ αὐτῶν καὶ τὸ μεταξὺ τῶν ἐλπίδων οἴχεσθαι ἀναρπάστουσ γινομένουσ ὑπὸ τοῦ βελτίστου Θανάτου. (Lucian, Contemplantes, (no name) 17:1)
- οὕτω γὰρ ἐξηρτήμεθα τῶν ἐλπίδων καὶ πρὸσ τὰσ δοκούσασ εἶναι πλεονεξίασ ἀπλήστωσ ἔχομεν, ὥστ’ οὐδὲ οἱ κεκτημένοι τοὺσ μεγίστουσ πλούτουσ μένειν ἐπὶ τούτοισ ἐθέλουσιν, ἀλλ’ ἀεὶ τοῦ πλείονοσ ὀρεγόμενοι περὶ τῶν ὑπαρχόντων κινδυνεύουσι. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Isocrate, chapter 16 1:7)
- ὁ δὲ λεὼσ ἅπασ ἠκολούθει, πάντεσ ἔνθεοι καὶ μεμηνότεσ ὑπὸ τῶν ἐλπίδων. (Lucian, Alexander, (no name) 14:7)
- εὑρὼν γὰρ τὰσ Ἐπικούρου κυρίασ δόξασ, τὸ κάλλιστον, ὡσ οἶσθα, τῶν βιβλίων καὶ κεφαλαιώδη περιέχον τῆσ τἀνδρὸσ σοφίασ τὰ δόγματα, κομίσασ εἰσ τὴν ἀγορὰν μέσην ἔκαυσεν ἐπὶ ξύλων συκίνων ὡσ δῆθεν αὐτὸν καταφλέγων, καὶ τὴν σποδὸν εἰσ τὴν θάλασσαν ἐξέβαλεν, ἔτι καὶ χρησμὸν ἐπιφθεγξάμενοσ Πυρπολέειν κέλομαι δόξασ ἀλαοῖο γέροντοσ οὐκ εἰδὼσ ὁ κατάρατοσ ὅσων ἀγαθῶν τὸ βιβλίον ἐκεῖνο τοῖσ ἐντυχοῦσιν αἴτιον γίγνεται, καὶ ὅσην αὐτοῖσ εἰρήνην καὶ ἀταραξίαν καὶ ἐλευθερίαν ἐνεργάζεται, δειμάτων μὲν καὶ φασμάτων καὶ τεράτων ἀπαλλάττον καὶ ἐλπίδων ματαίων καὶ περιττῶν ἐπιθυμιῶν, νοῦν δὲ καὶ ἀλήθειαν ἐντιθὲν καὶ καθαῖρον ὡσ ἀληθῶσ τὰσ γνώμασ, οὐχ ὑπὸ δᾳδὶ καὶ σκίλλῃ καὶ ταῖσ τοιαύταισ φλυαρίαισ, ἀλλὰ λόγῳ ὀρθῷ καὶ ἀληθείᾳ καὶ παρρησίᾳ. (Lucian, Alexander, (no name) 47:2)
Synonyms
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hope
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object of hope
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anxiety
