ἐλπιστικός
From LSJ
ἀμβλύς εἰμι καὶ κατηρτυκὼς κακῶν → I'm jaded and with much experience of evils
English (LSJ)
ή, όν,
A producing expectation, Arist.Mem.449b12. II οἱ ἐ. a sect who made hope the only stay of life, Plu.2.668e.
German (Pape)
[Seite 803] hoffend; ἐπιστήμη Arist. de memor. 1; οἱ ἐλπιστικοὶ φιλόσοφοι, welche die Hoffnung für den einzigen Stützpunkt des Lebens halten, Plut. Symp. 4, 4, 3.