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|Definition=ον, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">unhoped for</b>, <span class="bibl">Heraclit.18</span>; φυγή <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span>330</span>; θαῦμα <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>673</span>; ἔργον <span class="bibl">Th.6.33</span>; τύχη <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hel.</span>412</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ ἀ. τοῦ βεβαίου</b> <b class="b2">the hopelessness</b> of attaining any certainty, <span class="bibl">Th.3.83</span>; τὰ ἀ. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1383a8</span>; οὐκ ἀ. μοι γέγονεν τὸ γεγονός <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ap.</span>36a</span>. Adv. <b class="b3">-τως</b> [[unexpectedly]], <b class="b3">γέγονεν ἀ. μέγας</b> Decr. ap. <span class="bibl">D.18.182</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Pel.</span>4</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> Act., </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">1</span> of persons, <b class="b2">having no hope, hopeless</b>, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Aph.</span>7.47</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Prog.</span>19</span>; ἀ. δὲ θανόντες <span class="bibl">Theoc. 4.42</span>: c. inf., ἀ. σωθήσεσθαι <span class="bibl">Th.8.1</span>; ἀ. ἐπιγενέσθαι ἄν τινα σφίσιπολέμιον <b class="b2">not expecting that . </b>., <span class="bibl">Id.3.30</span>; ἀ. τοῦ ἑλεῖν <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyn.</span>7.9</span>; ἀ. ἔς τινα <span class="bibl">Th.6.17</span>; ἀ. καταστῆσαί τινι ὡς . . <span class="bibl">Id.3.46</span>. Adv. <b class="b3">-τως, ἔχει</b> he is <b class="b2">in despair</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phlb.</span>36b</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> of things or conditions, <b class="b2">leaving no hope, desperate</b>, βίοτος <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>186</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">Th.5.102</span>; πρὸς τὸ ἀ. τραπόμενοι <span class="bibl">Id.2.51</span>; <b class="b3">ἀ. οὐδέν [ἐστι</b>], c. acc. et inf., it is nowise <b class="b2">unreasonable to expect that . </b>., <span class="bibl">And.4.24</span>: Comp., τὰ ἐκ τῆς γῆς ἀνελπιστότερα ὄντα <span class="bibl">Th.7.4</span>. Adv. -τως, νουσέειν <span class="bibl">Aret.<span class="title">CA</span>2.5</span>.</span>