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ἐλπωρή

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐλπωρή

Structure: ἐλπωρ (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Etym.: epic form of e)lpi/s, Od.

Sense

Declension

First 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.

Examples

  • μελέη γε μὲν ἧμιν ὄρωρεν ἐλπωρή, ὅτε νόστον ἐπετραπόμεσθα γυναιξίν. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 3 9:11)
  • ἀλλ’ ἐπεὶ οὐδ’ ὄπιθεν κακὸσ ἔσσεαι οὐδ’ ἀνοήμων, οὐδέ σε πάγχυ γε μῆτισ Ὀδυσσῆοσ προλέλοιπεν, ἐλπωρή τοι ἔπειτα τελευτῆσαι τάδε ἔργα. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 2 26:5)
  • εἴ κέν τοι κείνη γε φίλα φρονέῃσ’ ἐνὶ θυμῷ, ἐλπωρή τοι ἔπειτα φίλουσ τ’ ἰδέειν καὶ ἱκέσθαι οἶκον ἐυκτίμενον καὶ σὴν ἐσ πατρίδα γαῖαν. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 6 26:14)
  • εἴ κέν τοι κείνη γε φίλα φρονέῃσ’ ἐνὶ θυμῷ, ἐλπωρή τοι ἔπειτα φίλουσ τ’ ἰδέειν καὶ ἱκέσθαι οἶκον ἐσ ὑψόροφον καὶ σὴν ἐσ πατρίδα γαῖαν. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 7 7:16)
  • "εἰ μὲν δὴ γῆράσ γε θεοὶ τελέουσιν ἄρειον, ἐλπωρή τοι ἔπειτα κακῶν ὑπάλυξιν ἔσεσθαι. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 23 32:13)
  • τλήμονεσ, ἀλλ’ ὁ μὲν εἱρ͂πε παραὶ ποσὶν ἄφθονοσ ἡμῖν τῆσ δ’ ἄρ’ ὑπ’ ἐλπωρῇ μοῦνον ἐπαιζόμεθα. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 11, chapter 64 2:2)

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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