ἀπελπίζω
Βίον καλὸν ζῇς, ἂν γυναῖκα μὴ τρέφῃς → Uxorem si non duxis, vives commode → Gut ist dein Leben, wenn du keine Frau ernährst
English (LSJ)
Att. fut.
A -ιῶ D.S.19.50: pf. -ήλπικα:—despair of, τῆς πόλεως τὴν σωτηρίαν Hyp.Ath.35; τὸ μέλλον Epicur.Ep.3p.62U.; πράξεις Plb.1.19.12, etc.:—Pass., to be given up in despair, τὰ πράγματα Id.10.6.10; of persons, to be despaired of, οἱ ἀπηλπισμένοι LXX Is.29.19, cf. Plb.9.5.2; ὑπὸ τῶν ἰατρῶν D.S.1.25, D.L.8.69, cf. IG 14.966 (ἀφηλπ-). 2 ἀ. τινός despair of, Plb.1.55.2, al.; οὐκ ἀ. τινός to be confident of, Gal.8.365; περὶ τῆς νίκης D.S.2.25. 3 abs., hope that a thing will not happen, D.L.1.59. II causal, drive to despair, τινά AP11.114 (Nicarch.). III hope to receive back, μηδὲν (v.l. μηδένα) ἀπελπίζοντες Ev.Luc.6.35 (dub.).
