expectation
From LSJ
Sunt verba voces quibus hunc lenire dolorem possis, magnam morbi deponere partem → Words will avail the wretched mind to ease and much abate the dismal black disease.
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
P. προσδοκία, ἡ, P. and V. ἐλπίς, ἡ.
opinion, view: P. and V. δόξα, ἡ, γνώμη, ἡ.
contrary to expectation: P. and V. παρὰ γνωμήν; or use adj., P. παράδοξος.
beyond expectation: P. and V. παρ' ἐλπίδα, V. ἐκτὸς ἐλπίδος, ἔξω ἐλπίδος.
on the tiptoe of expectation: use adj., P. μετέωρος, ὀρθός.
