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ἐλπίζω

elpizo

hope for

Appears 21 times across Plato's dialogues.

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ἐλπίζω, Att. fut. -ῐῶ LXX Ps. 43(44).7, Ep.Rom. 15.12; ἐλπίσω Gal. 10.656 (ἐλπίσω in A. Ch. 187 is aor. subj.): aor. ἤλπισα Hdt. 8.24, S. Ph. 1175 (lyr.), etc. (ἤλπιζα (sic) IG 3.1350): pf. ἤλπικα Ev.Jo. 5.45, (προ-) Posidipp. 27.8: plpf. ἠλπίκειν Plu. Alc. 17, Luc. Herm. 71, Hdn. 8.5.1:—Med., App. Pun. 115 (s.v.l.), Supp.Epigr. 2.461 (Histria, i B.C.):—Pass., aor. ἠλπίσθην S. OC 1105, APl. 16.222 (Parmen.): pf. ἤλπισμαι D.H. 5.40:—Att. form of ἔλπομαι, used also by Hdt., Α. hope for, or rather (in earlier writers) look for, expect:—Constr.: c. acc., A. Th. 589, Ch. 539, etc., τι παρά τινος X. Mem. 4.3.17, D. 19.102: freq. with a dependent clause in inf., hope to do, or hope or expect that . .; c. fut. inf., ἐ. μιν ἀποθανέεσθαι Hdt. 3.143, cf. Antipho 2.3.6, Th. 4.71, Lys. 16.2; ἐ. τὴν Εὐρώπην δουλώσεσθαι (v.l. -ασθαι) Id. 2.21: c. aor. inf., ἐ. ποτὲ δεῖξαι S. Ph. 629; ἤλπιζον ἑλεῖν X. Ages. 7.6: also with ἄν, οὐδαμὰ ἐλπίζων ἂν ἡμίονον τεκέειν Hdt. 3.151, Th. 2.53; the inf. may be omitted, ἔκλυον ἃν . . οὐδʼ ἂν ἤλπισʼ αὐδάν (sc. κλύειν) S. El. 1281; also ἐ. ὅπως . ., with fut., E. Heracl. 1051, S. El. 963:—Pass., τὸ μηδαμὰ ἐλπισθὲν ἥξειν Id. OC 1105; ὁ ἐλπισθεὶς αὐτοκράτωρ POxy. 1021.6 (i A.D.). 2. of evils, look for, fear, in same constr., δύστανον ἐ. αἶσαν S. Tr. 111 (lyr.); ἔξοδον ὀλεθρίαν Αἴαντος ἐλπίζει φέρειν Id. Aj. 799, cf. Lys. 12.70; τουτί . . τὸ κακὸν οὐδέποτʼ ἤλπισα Ar. Av. 956; ἐ. πάγχυ ἀπολέεσθαι Hdt. 8.12; θῆράς σφε τὸν δύστηνον ἐλπίζει κτανεῖν E. Ion 348: with μή folld. by aor. subj., οὐδαμὰ ἐλπίσας μή κοτε ἐλάσῃ Hdt. 1.77; οὐκ ἂν ἤλπισε μή κοτέ τις ἀναβαίη Id. 8.53. 3. c. pres. inf., deem, suppose that . ., Emp. 11.2; ἐλπίζων εἶναι . . ὀλβιώτατος Hdt. 1.30; ἐλπίζων σιτοδείην τε εἶναι ἰσχυρὴν . . καὶ τὸν λεὼν τετρῦσθαι ib. 22; οἰκότα ἐλπίζων ib.27, cf. A. Th. 76, Ch. 187; βοῦν ἢ λέοντʼ ἤλπιζες ἐντείνειν βρόχοις; E. Andr. 720; ἐλπίζει δυνατὸς εἶναι ἄρχειν Pl. R. 573c; ὅστις ἐλπίζει θεοὺς . . χαίρειν ἀπαρχαῖς Trag.Adesp. 118.2: sts. of future events, τίς ἂν ἤλπισεν ἁμαρτήσεσθαί τινα τῶν πολιτῶν τοιαύτην ἁμαρτίαν; Lys. 31.27; οὐδὲν . . ποιήσειν ἐλπίζων D. 4.7. 4. c. dat., hope in . ., τῇ τύχῃ Th. 3.97; ὀνόματι Ev.Matt. 12.21: also with Preps., ἔν τισι LXX 4 Ki. 18.5; πρός τι ib.Jd. 20.36; ἐ. εἴς τινα Ev.Jo. 5.45, al.; ἐπί τινι Ep.Rom. 15.12, al.; ἐπί τινα 1 Ep.Pet. 3.5.
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