ἠλπόμην

From LSJ

Δύναται τὸ πλουτεῖν καὶ φιλανθρώπους ποιεῖν → Being rich can even produce a social conscience → Animos nonnumquam humanos concinnant opes → Mitunter macht der Reichtum Menschen auch human

Menander, Monostichoi, 120

French (Bailly abrégé)

impf. de ἔλπω.