εὔελπις

euelpis

hopeful, cheerful

Appears 6 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Phaedo 2
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63c5
64a1
Alcibiades I 1
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103b1
Apology 1
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41c8
Hippias Minor 1
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364a2
Laws 1
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Book II 1
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671c4

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.

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