ἀελπτέω

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Ὅστις γὰρ ἐν πολλοῖσιν ὡς ἐγὼ κακοῖς ζῇ, πῶς ὅδ' Οὐχὶ κατθανὼν κέρδος φέρει; → For one who lives amidst such evils as I do, how could it not be best to die?

Sophocles, Antigone, 464-5
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Full diacritics: ἀελπτέω Medium diacritics: ἀελπτέω Low diacritics: αελπτέω Capitals: ΑΕΛΠΤΕΩ
Transliteration A: aelptéō Transliteration B: aelpteō Transliteration C: aelpteo Beta Code: a)elpte/w

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.

French (Bailly abrégé)

-ῶ :
seul. part. prés.
ne point espérer, ne pas s’attendre à, inf..
Étymologie: ἄελπτος.

English (Autenrieth)

be hopeless; ἀϝελπτέοντες σόον εἶναι, ‘despairing of his safety,’ i. e. ‘recovering him safe beyond their hopes,’ Il. 7.310†.