δυσελπιστία
νεκρὸν ἐάν ποτ' ἴδηις καὶ μνήματα κωφὰ παράγηις κοινὸν ἔσοπτρον ὁρᾶις· ὁ θανὼν οὕτως προσεδόκα → whenever you see a body dead, or pass by silent tombs, you look into the mirror of all men's destiny: the dead man expected nothing else | if you ever see a corpse or walk by quiet graves, that's when you look into the mirror we all share: the dead expected this
English (LSJ)
ἡ,
A despondency, Arist.VV1251b25, Plb.1.39.14, Teles p.35 H., Ph.1.119, App.BC4.12.
German (Pape)
[Seite 678] ἡ, Hoffnungslosigkeit, Verzweiflung, Pol. 1, 71, 2 u. öfter, wie Sp.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
δυσελπιστία: ἡ, ἀπελπισμός, Ἀριστ. π. Ἀρετ. 7, 6, Πολύβ. 1. 39, 14 κ. ἀλλ.
Spanish (DGE)
-ας, ἡ
• Alolema(s): -ίη Aret.SA 2.2.17, CA 2.2.2
1 desesperanza, desesperacióncomo defecto del pusilánime, Arist.VV 1251b25, πτοία καὶ δ. Plb.1.39.14, φόβος καὶ δ. Anon.Herc.346.6.11, δ. καὶ ἀπιστία Ph.1.119, cf. Plu.Tim.26, Teles p.35, App.BC 3.66, πολλὴ δὲ δ. ἐστιν ref. a una enfermedad, Archig. en Aët.9.35, cf. Aret.CA 2.2.2, junto a otros síntomas ἕπεται δυσθυμίη, δυσελπιστίη Aret.SA 2.2.17, ἐν ... δυσελπιστίᾳ καθέστασαν cayeron en la desesperación Plb.1.71.2, cf. ITomis 2.4 (II/I a.C.), ἀναπεσεῖν δυσελπιστίᾳ Ph.2.57, c. εἰς y ac. δ. δ' εἰς τὰ μέλλοντα falta de esperanza en el porvenir Ph.2.112, c. ὑπέρ y gen. ὑπὲρ τῶν ὅλων δ. Plb.3.103.1, c. inf. δ. μηδένα ῥύσεσθαί τινα προσδοκᾶν App.BC 4.12, tb. en plu. χαλεπαὶ δυσελπιστίαι Ph.2.112
•en el sent. de esperanza de un mal, recelo, mal presentimiento op. ἐλπίς buena expectativa Dam.in Phlb.147.
2 falsa esperanza, esperanza fallida Ph.2.595.
