εὔελπις

euelpis

hopeful, cheerful

Appears 11 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Nicomachean Ethics 5
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Book III 5
Chapter 6 1115a6–1115b6

1115b3

Chapter 7 1115b7–1116a14

1116a4

Chapter 8 1116a15–1117a28

1117a9
1117a15
1117a23
Rhetoric 4
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Book I 1
Chapter 15 1375a22–1378a15

1378a3
Book II 3
Chapter 12 1388b31–1389b12

1389a18
1389a26
1389a32
Eudemian Ethics 1
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Book III 1
Chapter 1 1228a23–1230a33

1229a20
Topics 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 6 112a24–112b26

112a35

Dictionary (LSJ)

εὔελπις, ὁ, ἡ, neut. εὔελπι, gen. ῐδος, A. hopeful, cheerful, Th. 4.10, 62, X. An. 2.1.18, etc.; ἐν τοῖς δεινοῖς Th. 1.70; περὶ τῆς ψυχῆς Pl. Hp.Mi. 364a; πρὸς τὸν θάνατον Id. Ap. 41c, cf. Luc. Demon. 6,D.C. 57.19; τοῦ κρατήσειν D.S. 30.16. 2. c. acc. et fut. inf., εὔελπίς εἰμί σʼ ἰσχύσειν A. Pr. 509; εὔελπις σωθήσεσθαι in good hope to be saved, Th. 6.24: c. acc. et pres. inf., Pl. Phd. 63c; τὸ εὔελπι hopefulness, Plu. 2.1101d, D.C. 42.1, etc.; εὔ. λαλιά cheerful talk, Plb. 1.32.6. II. Pass., well hoped of, the subject of hope, LXX Pr. 19.15(18): Medic., of a patient, Aret. SD 1.13.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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