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ἐλπ-ιστικός

elpistikos

producing expectation

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ἐλπ-ιστικός · elp-istikos — LSJ

producing expectation

producing expectation, Arist. Mem. 449b12.

II who made hope the only stay of life

οἱ ἐ. a sect who made hope the only stay of life, Plu. QConv. 2.668e.

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No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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