ἄλπνιστος
ἅπανθ' ὁ μακρὸς κἀναρίθμητος χρόνος φύει τ' ἄδηλα καὶ φανέντα κρύπτεται· κοὐκ ἔστ' ἄελπτον οὐδέν, ἀλλ' ἁλίσκεται χὠ δεινὸς ὅρκος χαἰ περισκελεῖς φρένες. → Long, unmeasurable Time brings to light everything unseen and hides what has been apparent. Nothing is beyond hope; even the fearsome oath and the most stubborn will is overcome. | All things long and countless time brings to birth in darkness and covers after they have been revealed! Nothing is beyond expectation; the dread oath and the unflinching purpose can be overcome.
English (LSJ)
η, ον, Sup. of ἄλπνος (only in compd. ἔπαλπνος, q.v.),
A sweetest, loveliest, Pi.I.5(4).12; cf. ἀλπαλέον (cod. -αῖον) · ἀγαπητόν, Hsch. (Cf. ἔλπω (ϝέλπω), Lat. volup.)
German (Pape)
[Seite 109] superl. von ἄλπνος (das nur in der Zusammensetzung ἔπαλπνος vorkommt), ζωᾶς ἄωτον Pind. I. 4, 14, süß, lieblich (die Ableitung ist zw., gew. von ἔλπω, ἀλφεῖν, θάλπω).
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἄλπνιστος: -η, -ον, ὑπερθ. τοῦ ἄλπνος, (ἀπαντῶν μόνον ἐν τῷ συνθέτῳ ἔπαλπνος, ὃ ἴδε) = ἥδιστος, γλυκύτατος, φίλτατος, Πινδ. Ι. 5. 14: Ὁ Ἡσύχ. ἀναφέρει ἀλπαλέον, (χειρόγρ. -αῖον), ἀγαπητόν· ἐκ τοῦ ἔλπω (Fέλπω) Λατ. volup.
