ἐπελπίζω,
buoy up with hope, [[ αὐτοὺς θειάσαντες ἐπήλπισαν, ὡς λήψονται 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.1, cf. Anonymus cited in 10th c.AD: Suidas Legal icographus see at {Πυθαγόρας}, 3rd c.AD: Longinus Rhetor 44.2, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “DMort.” 5.2. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II intransitive, [[ ἐ. τινί _pin one's hopes upon, hope in,?? 3rd c.AD: Heliodorus Scriptor Eroticus 7.26; ἐπί τινι Dio Cassius Historicus [{2-3rd c.AD}] 41.11 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]: absolutely, [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Tim.” 21; but also, ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II.2 merely, ={ἐλπίζω}, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hipp.” 1011, 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.74 ] Refs 5th c.BC+], +others; hope besides, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.54 (variant{ἐλπίζων}). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]