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ἐλπίς

elpis

hope, expectation

Appears 28 times across Aristotle's works.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐλπίς, ίδος, ἡ, (v. ἔλπω) A. 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 ναυτικοῦ the hope of the P.in their navy, Th. 2.89; also αἱ τῶν Ἑλλήνων ἐς ὑμᾶς ἐλπίδες Id. 3.14; ὑμέτεραι ἐλπίδες,= ἐς ὑμᾶς, Id. 1.69; ἐλπίδʼ ἔχω, = ἐλπίζω, with fut. inf., μὴ οὐ δώσειν δίκην Hdt. 6.11, etc.: with aor.inf., κλέος εὑρέσθαι Pi. P. 3.111: with ὡς and fut. inf., S. OC 385; ὥστε μὴ θανεῖν E. Or. 52; περὶ τῆς ἐμαυτοῦ ψυχῆς οὐ πολλὰς ἐλπίδας ἔχω D.H. 5.27; ἐν ἐλπίδι εἰμί, c. fut. inf., Th. 7.46; ἐν ἐλπίσι καλαῖς γενόμενος Plu. Brut. 40; ἐλπίς [ἐστί] μοι with acc. and fut. inf. or aor., ἐλπίς τις αὐτὸν ἥξειν A. Ag. 679; τοσοῦτόν γʼ ἐστί μοι τῆς ἐλπίδος, τὸν ἄνδρα . . προσμεῖναι S. OT 836; πλείων ἐλπὶς φιλίαν ἢ ἔχθραν γενέσθαι Pl. Phdr. 232e: c. pres. inf., Id. Sph. 250e: folld. by ὡς . ., E. Tr. 487; ἐς ἐλπίδα ἐλθεῖν τινος Th. 2.56; ἐπʼ ἐλπίδας ἀφανεῖς καθίστασθαι Id. 5.103; ἐλπίδα λαβεῖν X. Cyr. 4.6.7; ἐλπίδας μεγάλας ἔν τινι ἔχειν ib.1.4.25, cf. Isoc. 4.121; τίνʼ ὑπάγεις μʼ ἐς ἐλπίδʼ; E. Hel. 826; ἐλπίδας ἐμποιεῖν ἀνθρώποις, ὑποθεῖναί τισι, X. Cyr. 1.6.19, HG 4.8.28; ἐλπίδας μεγίστας παρέχεται ποιῆσαι Pl. Smp. 193d; ἐλπίδα or ἐλπίδας ὑπογράφειν, Epicur. Ep. 3p.65U., Plb. 5.36.1; ἀποκεκομμένης τῆς ἐλπίδος Id. 3.63.8, cf. A.R. 4.1272; ἐκτὸς ἐλπίδος beyond hope, S. Ant. 330; ἀπʼ ἐλπίδος πεσεῖν A. Ag. 999; παρʼ ἐλπίδα ib.899, S. Ph. 882: prov., πεινῶμεν ἐπὶ ταῖς ἐλπίσιν Antiph. 123.7; κάπτοντες αὔρας ἐλπίδας σιτούμενοι Eub. 10.7; αἱ δʼ ἐλπίδες βόσκουσι τοὺς κενούς Men. Mon. 42. 2. 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 or believe, πολλὴ ἐ. κτήσασθαι, νοητὸν εἶναι, Pl. Phd. 67b, Lg. 898d. II. anxious thought on the future, boding, A. Ag. 1434, Hp. Coac. 267, E. Or. 859, Pl. Lg. 644c.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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