ἀελπτέω
From LSJ
λέγεις, ἃ δὲ λέγεις ἕνεκα τοῦ λαβεῖν λέγεις → you speak, but you say what you say for the sake of gain (Menander, fr. 776)
English (LSJ)
A have no hope, despair, only in part., ἀελπτέοντες σόον εἶναι Il.7.310; ἀ. τοὺς Ἕλληνας ὑπερβαλέεσθαι Hdt.7.168.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀελπτέω: εἶμαι ἄελπτος, δὲν ἔχω ἐλπίδα, ἀπογινώσκω, μόνον ἐν τῇ μετοχῇ ἀπαντᾷ, ἀελπτέοντες σόον εἶναι, Ἰλ. Η. 310· ἀ. τοὺς Ἕλληνας ὑπερβαλέεσθαι, Ἡρόδ. 7. 168. Οἱ τύποι ἀελπέω, ἀελπής, ὑποστηρίζονται ὑπὸ Λοβ. Φρύν. 569.
