δυσελπιστέω
From LSJ
νύμφην τ' ἄνυμφον παρθένον τ' ἀπάρθενον → wife unwed and virgin that is no virgin | bride that is no bride, virgin that is virgin no more | virgin wife and widowed maid | unwed bride and ravished virgin
English (LSJ)
A to have scarce a hope, τοῖς ὅλοις, ἐπὶ ταῖς βοηθείαις, Plb.2.10.8, 4.60.4:—Pass., to be despaired of, Epicur.Sent.Vat.17.
German (Pape)
[Seite 678] verzweifeln, τινί, an etwas, Pol. 2, 10, 8; ἐπί τινι, 4, 60, 4 u. öfter; περί τινος, Pol. 16, 33, 1, wo δυσελπίσαντα, wie 21, 10, 2 δυσελπίσας falsche Formen sind, nach Lob. Phryn. p. 569.