ἔλπω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(<b class="b3">ἐέλπω</b> only Hsch. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> s.v. [[ἐέλποιμεν]]), causal, only found in pres. (exc. <b class="b3">ἔλπεον· ἤλπιζον</b>, Id.), <b class="b2">cause to hope</b>, <b class="b3">πάντας μὲν ἔλπει</b> she [[feeds]] all <b class="b2">with hope</b>, <span class="bibl">Od.2.91</span>, <span class="bibl">13.380</span>; perh. also, <b class="b2">cause to expect</b>, <span class="bibl">Max.178</span> (but may, = [[expect]]). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> elsewh. in Med., ἔλπομαι, Ep. ἐέλπομαι, ἠλπόμην <span class="bibl">Od.9.419</span>, Alc.<span class="title">Supp.</span>22.8, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>4.243</span>, etc.: Ep. 3sg. impf. <b class="b3">ἔλπετο</b> and <b class="b3">ἐέλπ-</b>, <span class="bibl">Od.3.275</span>, <span class="bibl">Il.12.407</span> (<b class="b3">ἔλπετο</b> also in <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Syr.D.</span>22</span>): pf. ἔολπα <span class="bibl">Il.22.216</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.5.379</span>, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>[273]</span>, <span class="bibl">A.R.2.147</span>, etc.: 3sg. plpf. ἐώλπει <span class="bibl">Il.19.328</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.20.328</span>, <span class="bibl">A.R.3.370</span>, <span class="bibl">Theoc.25.115</span>:—[[hope]] or [[expect]], Ep., Lyr., Ion. (not in Hp.) for Att. <b class="b3">ἐλπίζω</b> (q.v.):— Constr., like [[ἐλπίζω]]: c. acc. and fut. inf., <span class="bibl">Il.13.8</span>, B.<span class="title">Fr.</span>12: c. aor. inf., <span class="bibl">Il.7.199</span>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>4.243</span> codd., <span class="bibl"><span class="title">N.</span>4.92</span>: c. pf. inf., <span class="bibl">Il.15.110</span>: sts. the inf. must be supplied, <b class="b3">ἐκτελέσας μέγα ἔργον ὃ οὔ ποτε ἔλπετο θυμῷ</b> (sc. <b class="b3">ἐκτελέειν</b>) <span class="bibl">Od.3.275</span>: c. acc. rei, <span class="bibl">Il.13.609</span>, <span class="bibl">15.539</span>; ἅσσα οὐκ ἔλπονται <span class="bibl">Heraclit.27</span>: later, c. gen. rei, πολυγλαγέος ἐνιαυτοῦ <span class="bibl">Arat.1100</span>: <b class="b3">ὡς</b>... dub. l. in <span class="bibl">Orph.<span class="title">A.</span>846</span>: abs., <span class="bibl">Heraclit.18</span>: Homeric phrases, ἔλπετο θυμῷ <span class="bibl">Il.17.404</span>, al.; also μάλα δέ σφισιν ἔλπετο θυμός <span class="bibl">17.495</span>; ἔλπετο θυμὸς ἐνὶ στήθεσσιν ἑκάστου <span class="bibl">15.701</span>; ἤλπετ' ἐνὶ φρεσί <span class="bibl">Od.9.419</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">expect anxiously, fear</b>, <b class="b3">ἐλπόμενός τί οἱ κακὸν εἶναι</b> <b class="b2">having a foreboding that</b>... <span class="bibl">Hdt.9.113</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> generally, <b class="b2">deem, suppose</b>, οὔ ποθι ἔλπομαι οὕτως δεύεσθαι πολέμοιο . . Ἀχαιούς <span class="bibl">Il.13.309</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Theoc. 7.31</span>; ἐπὴν ἡμέας ἔλπῃ ποτὶ δώματ' ἀφῖχθαι <span class="bibl">Od.6.297</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">23.345</span>; <b class="b3">ἔλπετο γὰρ κατὰ θυμὸν . . ἑταίρους . . ἰέναι</b> (pres. inf.) <span class="bibl">Il.10.355</span>; οὐ γὰρ ὅ γ' ἀθανάτων τιν' ἐέλπετο . . Τρώεσσιν ἀρηξέμεν <span class="bibl">Il.13.8</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">7.199</span>, <span class="bibl">15.110</span>, Orac. ap. <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.65</span>, <span class="title">AP</span>5.115 (Marc. Arg.); λάσην Alc. l.c. (<b class="b3">ϝελπ-, ἐϝέλπομαι, ϝέϝολπα</b>, cf. Lat. [[volup]].) </span>