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δύσελπις

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Ῥοπή ‘στιν ἡμῶνβίος, ὥσπερζυγός → Paulo momento, ut trutina, vita impellitur → Wie eine Waage hält das Leben Gleichgewicht

Menander, Monostichoi, 465
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Transliteration A: dýselpis Transliteration B: dyselpis Transliteration C: dyselpis Beta Code: du/selpis

English (LSJ)

ι, gen. ιδος,

   A hardly hoping, despondent, A.Ch.412 (lyr.), Hp.Nat.Mul.41 (prob.), X.HG5.4.31, Arist.Rh. 1390a4; δ. τι ἐρεῖν Luc.Herm.69.    II Pass., hardly hoped for, νίκη Onos.38.2.