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ἐλπ-ίς

elpis · ἡ

hope, expectation

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 173 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ἐλπ-ίς · elp-is — LSJ

hope, expectation, hopes, expectancy, the hope of, in, hope

hope, expectation (δόξα μελλόντων Pl. Lg. 644c), ἔτι γὰρ καὶ ἐλπίδος αἶσα Od. 16.101, 19.84; personified, Hes. Op. 96: pl., Pi. P. 2.49, etc.; πολλῶν ῥαγεισῶν ἐλπίδων after the wreck of many hopes, A. Ag. 505; ἔτι ἐν αὐτοῖς εἰσὶν ἐλπίδες, νέοι γάρ Pl. Prt. 328d; κεναῖσιν ἐλπίσιν θερμαίνεται S. Aj. 478; expectancy, Id. OT 771 (pl.), OC 1749 (lyr., pl.), Pi. N. 1.32 (pl.), etc.:—Constr., in Att., with gen. both of subject and object, as (where both are conjoined) Πελοποννησίων τὴν ἐλπίδα τοῦ ναυτι

2 object of hope, a hope

object of hope, a hope, Ὀρέστης, ἐ. δόμων A. Ch. 776; ὑμεῖς, ἡ μόνη ἐ. Th. 3.57; Εὔτυχος, ἡ γονέων ἐ. IG 3.1311.

3 reason to expect, believe

reason to expect or believe, πολλὴ ἐ. κτήσασθαι, νοητὸν εἶναι, Pl. Phd. 67b, Lg. 898d.

II anxious thought on the future, boding

anxious thought on the future, boding, A. Ag. 1434, Hp. Coac. 267, E. Or. 859, Pl. Lg. 644c.

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Where it came from

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