ἀνέλπιστος: Difference between revisions

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