ἔλπω
elpo
cause to hope
Appears 63 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἔλπω (ἐέλπω only s.v. ἐέλποιμεν), A. causal, only found in pres. (exc. ἔλπεον· ἤλπιζον, Id.), cause to hope, πάντας μὲν ἔλπει she feeds all with hope, Od. 2.91, 13.380; perh. also, cause to expect, 178 (but may, = expect). II. elsewh. in Med., ἔλπομαι, Ep. ἐέλπομαι, ἠλπόμην Od. 9.419, Supp. 22.8, P. 4.243, etc.: Ep. 3sg. impf. ἔλπετο and ἐέλπ-, Od. 3.275, Il. 12.407 (ἔλπετο also in Syr.D. 22): pf. ἔολπα Il. 22.216, Od. 5.379, Op.[273], 2.147, etc.: 3sg. plpf. ἐώλπει Il. 19.328, Od. 20.328, 3.370, 25.115:—hope or expect, Ep., Lyr., Ion. (not in ) for Att. ἐλπίζω (q.v.):— Constr., like ἐλπίζω: c. acc. and fut. inf., Il. 13.8, Fr. 12: c. aor. inf., Il. 7.199, P. 4.243 codd., N. 4.92: c. pf. inf., Il. 15.110: sts. the inf. must be supplied, ἐκτελέσας μέγα ἔργον ὃ οὔ ποτε ἔλπετο θυμῷ (sc. ἐκτελέειν) Od. 3.275: c. acc. rei, Il. 13.609, 15.539; ἅσσα οὐκ ἔλπονται 27: later, c. gen. rei, πολυγλαγέος ἐνιαυτοῦ 1100: ὡς . ., dub. l. in A. 846: abs., 18: Homeric phrases, ἔλπετο θυμῷ Il. 17.404, al.; also μάλα δέ σφισιν ἔλπετο θυμός 17.495; ἔλπετο θυμὸς ἐνὶ στήθεσσιν ἑκάστου 15.701; ἤλπετʼ ἐνὶ φρεσί Od. 9.419. 2. expect anxiously, fear, ἐλπόμενός τί οἱ κακὸν εἶναι having a foreboding that . . , 9.113. 3. generally, deem, suppose, οὔ ποθι ἔλπομαι οὕτως δεύεσθαι πολέμοιο . . Ἀχαιούς Il. 13.309, cf. 7.31; ἐπὴν ἡμέας ἔλπῃ ποτὶ δώματʼ ἀφῖχθαι Od. 6.297, cf. 23.345; ἔλπετο γὰρ κατὰ θυμὸν . . ἑταίρους . . ἰέναι (pres. inf.) Il. 10.355; οὐ γὰρ ὅ γʼ ἀθανάτων τινʼ ἐέλπετο . . Τρώεσσιν ἀρηξέμεν Il. 13.8, cf. 7.199, 15.110, Orac. ap. 1.65, AP 5.115 (Marc. Arg.); λάσην l.c. (ϝελπ-, ἐϝέλπομαι, ϝέϝολπα, cf. Lat. volup.)
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