εὔελπ-ις,ὁ,ἡ, neut.εὔελπι, gen.ῐδος,
A. hopeful, cheerful, Th. 4.10 , 62 , X. An. 2.1.18 , etc.; ἐν τοῖς δεινοῖς
Th. 1.70
; περὶ τῆς ψυχῆς
Pl. Hp.Mi. 364a
; πρὸς τὸν θάνατον
Id. Ap. 41c
, cf. Luc. Demon. 6 , D.C. 57.19 ; τοῦ κρατήσειν
D.S. 30.16
.
2. c. acc. etfut. inf., εὔελπίς εἰμί ς' ἰσχύσειν
A. Pr. 509
;εὔελπις σωθήσεσθαι in good hopeto be saved, Th. 6.24 : c. acc. etpres. inf., Pl. Phd. 63c ;τὸ εὔελπι hopefulness, Plu. 2.1101d , D.C. 42.1 , etc.;εὔ. λαλιά cheerfultalk, Plb. 1.32.6 .
II.
Pass. ,well hoped of, the subject of hope, LXX Pr. 19.15(18) : Medic., of a patient, Aret. SD 1.13 .