1. ἄ-ελπτος · a-elptos — Frisk
ἄ-ελπτος “nicht unverhofft’ verstehen, 5. Troxler Spr. u. Wortsch. Hesiods 183. Aber wurde ein präfigiertes dva- wirklich als eine doppelte Negation dv-a- aufgefaßt? — [Frisk, s.v. ἄ-ελπτος, p. 2213]
The corpus record
ἄελπ-τος
aelptos
“nicht unverhofft’ verstehen, 5
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Where it lives
- Persians 4 · 7.86/10k
- Suppliant Maidens 3 · 6.22/10k
- Helen 3 · 3.07/10k
- Suppliants 2 · 2.84/10k
- Ajax 2 · 2.54/10k
- Ion 2 · 2.19/10k
- Orestes 2 · 2.04/10k
- Trachiniae 1 · 1.38/10k
- Bacchae 1 · 1.33/10k
- Electra 1 · 1.32/10k
- Agamemnon 1 · 1.23/10k
- Iphigenia in Tauris 1 · 1.21/10k
Densest 12 of 17 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
What it meant
2. ἄελπ-τος · aelp-tos — LSJ
unhoped for, unexpected, beyond hope, unexpectedly
unhoped for, unexpected, h.Cer. 219, Hes. Fr. 96.57, B. 3.29; ἐξ ἀέλπτου beyond hope, unexpectedly, in good sense, Hdt. 1.111; ἐξ ἀέλπτων S. Aj. 715 (lyr.); in bad sense, A. Supp. 357, 987 (prob. l.); πῆμʼ ἄ., ἄ. κακόν, Id. Pers. 265, 1006; εἴπερ ὄψομαι τὰν ἄ. ἁμέραν E. Supp. 784; ἄελπτα γὰρ λέγεις Id. Hel. 585.
2 beyond hope, despaired of
beyond hope, despaired of, Archil. 74, Hp. Art. 42.
II hopeless, desperate
Act., hopeless, desperate, h.Ap. 91, A. Supp. 907.
III beyond all hope
Adv. -τως beyond all hope, in good sense, A. Pers. 261, S. El. 1263: neut. pl. as Adv., ἀ. φανείς E. Ph. 311. [ᾱ Hes. l.c.]
In the wild
- ἄελπτον · aelpton Aeschylus, Agamemnon 910–911
- ἀέλπτως · aelptōs Aeschylus, Persians 261
- ἄελπτον · aelpton Aeschylus, Persians 262–265
- ἄελπτον · aelpton Aeschylus, Persians 1005–1007
- ἄελπτον · aelpton Aeschylus, Persians 1027
- ἀέλπτων · aelptōn Aeschylus, Suppliant Maidens 357
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Where it came from
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