despair of,
ἀπελπ-ίζω, Att.
fut.
A.
-ιῶ
D.S. 19.50
:pf. -ήλπικα:—despair of,
τῆς πόλεως τὴν σωτηρίαν
Hyp. Ath. 35
; τὸ μέλλον
Epicur. Ep. 3p.62U.
; πράξεις
Plb. 1.19.12
, etc.:— Pass. ,to be given up in despair,
τὰ πράγματα
Id. 10.6.10
; of persons,to be despaired of,
οἱ ἀπηλπισμένοι
LXX Is. 29.19
, cf. Plb. 9.5.2 ; ὑπὸ τῶν ἰατρῶν
D.S. 1.25
, D.L. 8.69 , cf. IG 14.966 (ἀφηλπ-).
2.
ἀ. τινός despair of,
Plb. 1.55.2
, al.; οὐκ ἀ. τινός to be confident of,
Gal. 8.365
; περὶ τῆς νίκης
D.S. 2.25
.
3. abs.,hopethat a thing willnothappen, D.L. 1.59 .
II. causal,drive to despair,
τινά
AP 11.114
( Nicarch. ).
III. hope to receive back, μηδὲν( v.l. μηδένα ) ἀπελπίζοντες
Ev.Luc. 6.35
(dub.).
