ἀνέλπιστος
τὸ γὰρ πράττειν τοῦ λέγειν καὶ χειροτονεῖν ὕστερον ὂν τῇ τάξει, πρότερον τῇ δυνάμει καὶ κρεῖττόν ἐστιν (Demosthenes 3.15) → for action, even though posterior in the order of events to speaking and voting, is prior in importance and superior
English (LSJ)
ον,
A unhoped for, Heraclit.18; φυγή A.Supp.330; θαῦμα S.Tr.673; ἔργον Th.6.33; τύχη E.Hel.412; τὸ ἀ. τοῦ βεβαίου the hopelessness of attaining any certainty, Th.3.83; τὰ ἀ. Arist.Rh.1383a8; οὐκ ἀ. μοι γέγονεν τὸ γεγονός Pl.Ap.36a. Adv. -τως unexpectedly, γέγονεν ἀ. μέγας Decr. ap. D.18.182, cf. Plu.Pel.4. II Act., 1 of persons, having no hope, hopeless, Hp.Aph.7.47, Prog.19; ἀ. δὲ θανόντες Theoc. 4.42: c. inf., ἀ. σωθήσεσθαι Th.8.1; ἀ. ἐπιγενέσθαι ἄν τινα σφίσιπολέμιον not expecting that . ., Id.3.30; ἀ. τοῦ ἑλεῖν X.Cyn.7.9; ἀ. ἔς τινα Th.6.17; ἀ. καταστῆσαί τινι ὡς . . Id.3.46. Adv. -τως, ἔχει he is in despair, Pl.Phlb.36b. 2 of things or conditions, leaving no hope, desperate, βίοτος S.El.186 (lyr.), Th.5.102; πρὸς τὸ ἀ. τραπόμενοι Id.2.51; ἀ. οὐδέν [ἐστι], c. acc. et inf., it is nowise unreasonable to expect that . ., And.4.24: Comp., τὰ ἐκ τῆς γῆς ἀνελπιστότερα ὄντα Th.7.4. Adv. -τως, νουσέειν Aret.CA2.5.
