ἀπελπ-ίζω,
Attic dialect future -ιῶ[[ 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 19.50: ] Refs 1st c.BC+]perfect -ήλπικα:—despair of, τῆς πόλεως τὴν σωτηρίαν[[ 4th c.BC: Hyperides Orator “adv. Athenogenem” 35; τὸ μέλλον 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 3p.62U.; πράξεις 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.19.12, etc.] Refs 4th c.BC+]:—passive, to be given up in despair, τὰ πράγματα[[ [prev. author] 10.6.10 ] Refs]; of persons, to be despaired of, οἱ ἀπηλπισμένοι[[ LXX.Isa.29.19, compare 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 9.5.2; ὑπὸ τῶν ἰατρῶν 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 1.25, 3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 8.69, compare “IG” 14.966] LXX+2nd c.BC+] (ἀφηλπ-).
__2 ἀ. τινός despair of,[[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.55.2, +others; ] Refs 2nd c.BC+] οὐκ ἀ. τινός to be confident of, [[ 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 8.365; περὶ τῆς νίκης 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 2.25. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__3 absolutely, hope that a thing will not happen, [[ 3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 1.59. ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]
__II causal, drive to despair, τινά[[ “Anthologia Graeca” 11.114 (1st c.AD: Nicarchus Epigrammaticus). ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__III hope to receive back, μηδὲν (variant{μηδένα}) ἀπελπίζοντες[[ NT.Luke.6.35 (uncertain).] NT]