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ἐλπίζω, Att.
fut.
A.
-ῐῶ
LXX Ps. 43(44).7
, Ep.Rom. 15.12 ; ἐλπίσω
Gal. 10.656
(ἐλπίσωin A. Ch. 187 isaor. subj.):aor.
ἤλπισα
Hdt. 8.24
, S. Ph. 1175 (lyr.), etc. (ἤλπιζα(sic) IG 3.1350 ):pf.
ἤλπικα
Ev.Jo. 5.45
, (προ-) Posidipp. 27.8 :plpf.
ἠλπίκειν
Plu. Alc. 17
, Luc. Herm. 71 , Hdn. 8.5.1 :— Med. , App. Pun. 115 (s.v.l.), Supp.Epigr. 2.461 (Histria,i B.C.):— Pass. ,aor.
Close Browse lexicon entries , APl. 4.222 ( Parmen. ):pf.
:— Att. form ofἔλπομαι, used also by Hdt. ,hope for, or rather (in earlier writers)look for, expect:—Constr.: c. acc., A. Th. 589 , Ch. 539 , etc., τι παρά τινος
, D. 19.102 : freq. with a dependent clause ininf.,hope todo, orhopeorexpect that. .; c.fut. inf., ἐ. μιν ἀποθανέεσθαι
, cf. Antipho 2.3.6 , Th. 4.71 , Lys. 16.2 ;ἐ. τὴν Εὐρώπην δουλώσεσθαι( v.l. -ασθαι ) Id. 2.21 : c.aor. inf., ἐ. ποτὲ δεῖξαι
: also with ἄν, οὐδαμὰ ἐλπίζων ἂν ἡμίονον τεκέειν
, Th. 2.53 ; theinf.may be omitted,ἔκλυον ἃν . . οὐδ' ἂν ἤλπις' αὐδάν(sc.κλύειν) S. El. 1281 ; alsoἐ. ὅπως. ., withfut., E. Heracl. 1051 , S. El. 963 :— Pass. , τὸ μηδαμὰ ἐλπισθὲν ἥξειν
2. of evils,look for, fear, in same constr., δύστανον ἐ. αἶσαν
(lyr.); ἔξοδον ὀλεθρίαν Αἴαντος ἐλπίζει φέρειν
, cf. Lys. 12.70 ; τουτί . . τὸ κακὸν οὐδέποτ' ἤλπισα
; θῆράς σφε τὸν δύστηνον ἐλπίζει κτανεῖν
: withμήfolld. byaor. subj., οὐδαμὰ ἐλπίσας μή κοτε ἐλάσῃ
; οὐκ ἂν ἤλπισε μή κοτέ τις ἀναβαίη
3. c.pres. inf.,deem, suppose that. ., Emp. 11.2 ; ἐλπίζων εἶναι . . ὀλβιώτατος
;ἐλπίζων σιτοδείην τε εἶναι ἰσχυρὴν . . καὶ τὸν λεὼν τετρῦσθαιib. 22 ;οἰκότα ἐλπίζωνib. 27 , cf. A. Th. 76 , Ch. 187 ;βοῦν ἢ λέοντ' ἤλπιζες ἐντείνειν βρόχοις; E. Andr. 720 ; ἐλπίζει δυνατὸς εἶναι ἄρχειν
; ὅστις ἐλπίζει θεοὺς . . χαίρειν ἀπαρχαῖς
: sts. of future events,τίς ἂν ἤλπισεν ἁμαρτήσεσθαί τινα τῶν πολιτῶν τοιαύτην ἁμαρτίαν; Lys. 31.27 ; οὐδὲν . . ποιήσειν ἐλπίζων
4. c. dat.,hope in. ., τῇ τύχῃ
: also with Preps., ἔν τισι
;πρός τιib. Jd. 20.36 ; ἐ. εἴς τινα
References LXX Ps. 43(44).7 Ep.Rom. 15.12 Gal. 10.656 A. Ch. 187 Hdt. 8.24 S. Ph. 1175 IG 3.1350 Ev.Jo. 5.45 Posidipp. 27.8 Plu. Alc. 17 Luc. Herm. 71 Hdn. 8.5.1 App. Pun. 115 Supp.Epigr. 2.461 S. OC 1105 APl. 4.222 Parmen. D.H. 5.40 Hdt. A. Th. 589 Ch. 539 X. Mem. 4.3.17 D. 19.102 Hdt. 3.143 Antipho 2.3.6 Th. 4.71 Lys. 16.2 Id. 2.21 S. Ph. 629 X. Ages. 7.6 S. Tr. 111 Id. Aj. 799 Lys. 12.70 Ar. Av. 956 Hdt. 8.12 E. Ion 348 Hdt. 1.77 Id. 8.53 Emp. 11.2 Hdt. 1.30 22 27 A. Th. 76 Ch. 187 E. Andr. 720 Pl. R. 573c Trag.Adesp. 118.2 Lys. 31.27 D. 4.7 Th. 3.97 Ev.Matt. 12.21 LXX 4 Ki. 18.5 Jd. 20.36 1 Ep.Pet. 3.5 Liddell–Scott–Jones — CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0
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