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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 ἦσαν οἱ λοιποὶ λόγοι Ἰωσίου καὶ ἡ ἐλπὶσ αὐτοῦ γεγραμμένα ἐν νόμῳ Κυρίου. (Septuagint, Liber II Paralipomenon 35:30)
  • ὅτι οὐκ ἀποστήσεται ἡ ἐλπίσ σου ἀπὸ καρδίασ ἀνθρώπων μνημονευόντων ἰσχὺν Θεοῦ ἕωσ αἰῶνοσ. (Septuagint, Liber Iudith 13:19)
  • βουλὴν πτωχοῦ κατῃσχύνατε, ὁ δὲ Κύριοσ ἐλπὶσ αὐτοῦ ἐστι. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 13:6)
  • ὅτι σὺ εἶ ὁ ἐκσπάσασ με ἐκ γαστρόσ, ἡ ἐλπίσ μου ἀπὸ μαστῶν τῆσ μητρόσ μου. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 21:10)
  • μακάριοσ ἀνήρ, οὗ ἐστι τὸ ὄνομα Κυρίου ἐλπὶσ αὐτοῦ, καὶ οὐκ ἐπέβλεψεν εἰσ ματαιότητασ καὶ μανίασ ψευδεῖσ. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 39:5)

Synonyms

  1. hope

  2. object of hope

  3. anxiety

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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