ἐλπίδες ἐν ζωοῖσιν, ἀνέλπιστοι δὲ θανόντες → hope is for the living, while the dead despair
ĕpīzeuxis: is, f., = ἐπίζευξις>, gram. t. t.,I an energetic repetition of a word, Charis. p. 250 P. al.