δύσελπις

dyselpis

hardly hoping, despondent

Appears 3 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Nicomachean Ethics 1
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Book III 1
Chapter 7 1115b7–1116a14

1116a2
History of Animals 1
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Book IX 1
Chapter 1 608a11–610a35

608b12
Rhetoric 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 13 1389b13–1390a27

1390a4

Dictionary (LSJ)

δύσελπις, ι, gen. ιδος, A. hardly hoping, despondent, A. Ch. 412 (lyr.), Hp. Nat.Mul. 41 (prob.), X. HG 5.4.31, Arist. Rh. 1390a4; δ. τι ἐρεῖν Luc. Herm. 69. II. Pass., hardly hoped for, νίκη Onos. 38.2.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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