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ἀνελπίστως

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Ὁ αὐτὸς ἔφησε τὸν μὲν ὕπνον ὀλιγοχρόνιον θάνατον, τὸν δὲ θάνατον πολυχρόνιον ὕπνον → Plato said that sleep was a short-lived death but death was a long-lived sleep

Gnomologium Vaticanum, 446

French (Bailly abrégé)

adv.
d’une manière inattendue ou inespérée.
Étymologie: ἀνέλπιστος.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

ἀνελπίστως:
1) неожиданно, непредвиденным образом Dem., Polyb., Plut.;
2) безнадежно: ἀ. ἔχειν Plat. не иметь надежды, отчаиваться.