buoy
From LSJ
Ἐλεεινότατόν μοι φαίνετ' ἀτυχία φίλου → Miseria amici mihi suprema est miseria → Am meisten Mitleid, scheint's, heischt eines Freundes Leid
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
support: P. and V. αἴρειν, V. βαστάζειν.
encourage: P. and V. ἐπαίρειν, θαρσύνειν, θρασύνειν.
buoy up with hope: P. ἐπελπίζειν (Thuc. 8, 1).
be buoyed up (on hope, etc.): P. and V. ὀχεῖσθαι ἐπί (gen.).
buoyed up by one hope after another: P. ἀναρτώμενοι ἐλπίσιν ἐξ ἐλπίδω (Dem. 346).
hope ever buoyed me up: V. ἐλπίς μ' ἀεὶ προῆγε (Eur., Andromache 27).
it is hope that buoys up the generality of men: V. ἐλπὶς γὰρ ἡ βόσκουσα τοὺς πολλοὺς βροτῶν (Sophocles, Fragment).
whosoever is buoyed up by empty hopes: ὅστις κεναῖσιν ἐλπίσιν θερμαίνεται (Sophocles, Ajax 478).
