ὑπόσχεσις
Ζῆν οὐκ ἄξιος, ὅτῳ μηδὲ εἷς ἐστι χρηστὸς φίλος → Life is not worth living if you do not have at least one friend.
English (LSJ)
εως, ἡ, (ὑπισχνέομαι)
A undertaking, engagement, promise, οὐδέ τοι ἐκτελέουσιν ὑπόσχεσιν ἥν περ ὑπέσταν Il.2.286; τέλεσόν μοι ὑ. ἥν περ ὑπέστης Od.10.483; τὴν ὑ. ἐκτελέσαι Hdt.5.35; κραίνειν A.Supp.368; ἀποδιδόναι Isoc.15.75, cf. Pl.Men.77a; ὑ. ἀπολαβεῖν to receive the fulfilment of a promise, X.Smp.3.3; ἀπαιτεῖν τὰς ὑ. to demand their fulfilment, Arist.EN1164a17; ὑ. ψεύσασθαι to fail in its performance, Aeschin.1.143; μεγάλας ποιεῖσθαι τὰς ὑ. Isoc.4.14; ἡ ὑ. ἀπέβη was accomplished, Th.4.39; δύο ὑποσχέσεις, τὴν μὲν ἀναπρᾶξαι, τὴν δὲ αὐτὸς ἀποδοῦναι Id.2.95; ἐξ ὑποσχέσεως according to engagement, CIG2713 (Labranda), cf. 2779 (Aphrodisias), IG4.203 (Isthmus). II promise to pay, ὀκτὼ δραχμῶν PCair.Zen. 736.25 (iii B. C.), cf. POxy.91.11 (ii A. D.); contract to execute work, farm land, etc., ib. 1117.6 (ii A. D.), PTeb.10.7 (ii B. C.). III profession of principles, Luc.Pisc.31.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1234] ἡ, das Versprechen, die Verheißung; Il. 2, 286. 349 Od. 10, 483; ἐγὼ δ' ἂν οὐ κραίνοιμ' ὑπόσχεσιν Aesch. Suppl. 363; ἐκπληρῶσαι ὑπόσχεσιν, das Versprechen erfüllen, Her. 5, 35; ἀποδιδόναι, Isocr. 15, 75, wie Plat. Men. 77 a u. öfter; Ggstz ὑπόσχεσιν ψεύδεσθαι, Aesch. 1, 143; ὑπόσχεσιν ἀπολαβεῖν, Erfüllung eines Versprechens empfangen, Xen. Conv. 3, 3; ἡ ὑπόσχεσις ἀπέβη, ging in Erfüllung, Thuc. 4, 39.
