δύσελπις

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.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

δύσελπις: -ιδος, ὁ, ἡ, ὁ μόλις ἐλπίζων, ἄπελπις, Αἰσχύλ. Χο. 412, Ξεν. Ἑλλ. 5. 4, 31, Ἀριστ. Ρητ. 2. 13, 11 κ. ἀλλ.