buoy
From LSJ
οὐκ ἔστι λέουσι καὶ ἀνδράσιν ὅρκια πιστά → there are no pacts between lions and men, between lions and men there are no oaths of faith, there can be no covenants between men and lions
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
v. trans.
Support: P. and V. αἴρειν, V. βαστάζειν.
Encourage: P. and V. ἐπαίρειν, θαρσύνειν, θρασύνειν.
Buoy up with hope: P. ἐπελπίζειν (Thuc. 8, 1).
Be buoyed up (on hope, etc.): P. and V. ὀχεῖσθαι ἐπί (gen.).
Buoyed up by one hope after another: P. ἀναρτώμενοι ἐλπίσιν ἐξ ἐλπίδω (Dem. 346).
Hope ever buoyed me up: V. ἐλπίς μʼ ἀεὶ προῆγε (Eur., And. 27).
It is hope that buoys up the generality of men: V. ἐλπὶς γὰρ ἡ βόσκουσα τοὺς πολλοὺς βροτῶν (Soph., Frag.).
Whosoever is buoyed up by empty hopes: ὅστις κεναῖσιν ἐλπίσιν θερμαίνεται (Soph., Aj. 478).
