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.
- σὺ δέ, ὦ ἀνόσιε καὶ πάντων ἀνθρώπων μιαρώτατε, μὴ μάτην μετεωρίζου φρυαττόμενοσ ἀδήλοισ ἐλπίσιν, ἐπὶ τοὺσ δούλουσ αὐτοῦ ἐπαιρόμενοσ χεῖρα. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 7:34)
- ἤκμαζον δὲ τοῖσ σύμπασιν οἱ Μακεδόνεσ, οὓσ ἤδη ταῖσ ἐλπίσιν ἐπὶ τὰ σκῆπτρα καὶ τοὺσ Περσῶνθησαυροὺσ ἡ τύχη διεβίβαζεν. (Demades, On the Twelve Years, 13:3)
- εἶτά μοι ἐπινόησον οἰκίσκον οὐ πάνυ φαιδρὸν οὐδὲ εἰσ κόρον τοῦ φωτὸσ δεχόμενον καὶ πλῆθοσ ἀνθρώπων συγκλύδων, τεταραγμένων καὶ προεκπεπληγμένων καὶ ταῖσ ἐλπίσιν ἐπαιωρουμένων, οἷσ εἰσελθοῦσι τεράστιον ὡσ εἰκὸσ τὸ πρᾶγμα ἐφαίνετο, ἐκ τοῦ τέωσ μικροῦ ἑρπετοῦ ἐντὸσ ἡμερῶν ὀλίγων τοσοῦτον δράκοντα πεφηνέναι, ἀνθρωπόμορφον καὶ ταῦτα καὶ τιθασόν. (Lucian, Alexander, (no name) 16:1)
- ἅπερ ὕστερον αἰσθόμενοσ, καὶ ὅτι Ῥουτιλιανὸν ἐγὼ ἀπέτρεπον τοῦ γάμου καὶ τοῦ πάνυ προσκεῖσθαι ταῖσ τοῦ χρηστηρίου ἐλπίσιν, ἐμίσει, ὡσ τὸ εἰκόσ, καὶ ἔχθιστον ἡγεῖτο. (Lucian, Alexander, (no name) 54:7)
- ]ρονεσ, ἦ μεγάλαισιν ἐλπίσιν ! (Bacchylides, , epinicians, ode 13 34:6)
Synonyms
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hope
-
object of hope
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anxiety
