ἀνέλπιστος

anelpistos

unhoped for

Appears 5 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Menexenus 2
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242e5
243b2
Philebus 2
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36b1
36b11
Apology 1
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36a2

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀνέλπιστος, ον, A. unhoped for, Heraclit. 18; φυγή A. Supp. 330; θαῦμα S. Tr. 673; ἔργον Th. 6.33; τύχη E. Hel. 412; τὸ ἀ. τοῦ βεβαίου the hopelessness of attaining any certainty, Th. 3.83; τὰ ἀ. Arist. Rh. 1383a8; οὐκ ἀ. μοι γέγονεν τὸ γεγονός Pl. Ap. 36a. Adv. -τως unexpectedly, γέγονεν ἀ. μέγας Decr. ap. D. 18.182, cf. Plu. Pel. 4. II. Act., 1. of persons, having no hope, hopeless, Hp. Aph. 7.47, Prog. 19; ἀ. δὲ θανόντες Theoc. 4.42: c. inf., ἀ. σωθήσεσθαι Th. 8.1; ἀ. ἐπιγενέσθαι ἄν τινα σφίσιπολέμιον not expecting that . ., Id. 3.30; ἀ. τοῦ ἑλεῖν X. Cyn. 7.9; ἀ. ἔς τινα Th. 6.17; ἀ. καταστῆσαί τινι ὡς . . Id. 3.46. Adv. -τως, ἔχει he is in despair, Pl. Phlb. 36b. 2. of things or conditions, leaving no hope, desperate, βίοτος S. El. 186 (lyr.), Th. 5.102; πρὸς τὸ ἀ. τραπόμενοι Id. 2.51; ἀ. οὐδέν [ἐστι], c. acc. et inf., it is nowise unreasonable to expect that . ., And. 4.24: Comp., τὰ ἐκ τῆς γῆς ἀνελπιστότερα ὄντα Th. 7.4. Adv. -τως, νουσέειν Aret. CA 2.5.

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