ἐλπιστικός
ὅταν δὲ τἄμ' ἀθυμήσαντ' ἴδῃς, σύ μου τὸ δεινὸν καὶ διαφθαρὲν φρενῶν ἴσχναινε παραμυθοῦ θ' → whenever you see me despondent over my situation, do what you can to lessen and relieve what is wild and senseless in my thinking | whenever you see me despondent, you must cure the grim derangement of my mind and encourage me
English (LSJ)
ή, όν,
A producing expectation, Arist.Mem.449b12. II οἱ ἐ. a sect who made hope the only stay of life, Plu.2.668e.
German (Pape)
[Seite 803] hoffend; ἐπιστήμη Arist. de memor. 1; οἱ ἐλπιστικοὶ φιλόσοφοι, welche die Hoffnung für den einzigen Stützpunkt des Lebens halten, Plut. Symp. 4, 4, 3.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἐλπιστικός: -ή, -όν, ὁ γεννῶν ἐλπίδας, Ἀριστ. π. Μνήμ. 1. 2, 11· οἱ ἐλπιστικοί, φιλόσοφοί τινες οἵτινες ἐθεώρουν τὴν ἐλπίδα ὡς τὸ κυριώτατον ἔρεισμα τοῦ βίου, Πλούτ. 2. 668· ἴδε Heumann. de Elpist.
