ἐπελπίζω,
A. buoy up with hope,
αὐτοὺς θειάσαντες ἐπήλπισαν, ὡς λήψονται
Th. 8.1
, cf. Anon. ap. Suid.
s.v. Πυθαγόρας , Longin. 44.2 , Luc. DMort. 5.2 .
II. intr., ἐ. τινί pin one's hopes upon, hope in,
Hld. 7.26
; ἐπί τινι
D.C. 41.11
: abs., Luc. Tim. 21 ; but also,
2. merely, = ἐλπίζω , E. Hipp. 1011 , Ph. 1.74 , al.;hope besides,
Th. 8.54 ( v.l. ἐλπίζων ).