"ἐλπίς" meaning in Ancient Greek

See ἐλπίς in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /el.pís/, /elˈpis/, /elˈpis/, /el.pís/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /elˈpis/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /elˈpis/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /elˈpis/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /elˈpis/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *welp- (“to hope, expect”), like ἔλπω (élpō, “I cause to hope”). Etymology templates: {{der|grc|ine-pro|*welp-|t=to hope, expect}} Proto-Indo-European *welp- (“to hope, expect”) Head templates: {{grc-noun|ἐλπῐ́δος|f|third|head=ἐλπῐ́ς}} ἐλπῐ́ς • (elpís) f (genitive ἐλπῐ́δος); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|ἐλπῐ́ς|ἐλπῐ́δος|VS=ἐλπῐ́}} Forms: ἐλπῐ́ς [canonical], elpís [romanization], ἐλπῐ́δος [genitive], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], ἡ ἐλπῐ́ς [nominative, singular], τὼ ἐλπῐ́δε [dual, nominative], αἱ ἐλπῐ́δες [nominative, plural], τῆς ἐλπῐ́δος [genitive, singular], τοῖν ἐλπῐ́δοιν [dual, genitive], τῶν ἐλπῐ́δων [genitive, plural], τῇ ἐλπῐ́δῐ [dative, singular], τοῖν ἐλπῐ́δοιν [dative, dual], ταῖς ἐλπῐ́σῐ [dative, plural], ἐλπῐ́σῐν [dative, plural], taîs elpísi [dative, plural], taîs elpísin [dative, plural], τὴν ἐλπῐ́δᾰ [accusative, singular], τὼ ἐλπῐ́δε [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς ἐλπῐ́δᾰς [accusative, plural], ἐλπῐ́ [singular, vocative], ἐλπῐ́δε [dual, vocative], ἐλπῐ́δες [plural, vocative]
  1. hope, expectation, belief that something will happen Categories (topical): Christianity, Emotions, Ethics, Religion, Thinking
    Sense id: en-ἐλπίς-grc-noun-bUlHFoRZ Disambiguation of Christianity: 39 33 28 Disambiguation of Emotions: 29 33 38 Disambiguation of Ethics: 46 20 34 Disambiguation of Religion: 100 0 0 Disambiguation of Thinking: 30 34 36 Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 34 27 39 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 40 28 32 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 30 34 36
  2. object of hope Categories (topical): Christianity, Emotions, Thinking
    Sense id: en-ἐλπίς-grc-noun-FCP0IpR9 Disambiguation of Christianity: 39 33 28 Disambiguation of Emotions: 29 33 38 Disambiguation of Thinking: 30 34 36 Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 34 27 39 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 40 28 32 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 30 34 36
  3. anxiety, boding Categories (topical): Christianity, Emotions, Thinking
    Sense id: en-ἐλπίς-grc-noun-qlhEluxm Disambiguation of Christianity: 39 33 28 Disambiguation of Emotions: 29 33 38 Disambiguation of Thinking: 30 34 36 Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 34 27 39 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension: 31 26 42 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 40 28 32 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 30 34 36
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        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taîs elpísin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν ἐλπῐ́δᾰ",
      "roman": "tḕn elpída",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ ἐλπῐ́δε",
      "roman": "tṑ elpíde",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς ἐλπῐ́δᾰς",
      "roman": "tā̀s elpídas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἐλπῐ́",
      "roman": "elpí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἐλπῐ́δε",
      "roman": "elpíde",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἐλπῐ́δες",
      "roman": "elpídes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ἐλπῐ́δος",
        "2": "f",
        "3": "third",
        "head": "ἐλπῐ́ς"
      },
      "expansion": "ἐλπῐ́ς • (elpís) f (genitive ἐλπῐ́δος); third declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ἐλπῐ́ς",
        "2": "ἐλπῐ́δος",
        "VS": "ἐλπῐ́"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Ancient Greek terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "in addition to both of these, [each of us] also [possesses] opinions about things that will happen, for which the usual name is \"expectation\", and a particular [name]: the expectation before pain is fear, while [expectation] before the opposite is courage",
          "ref": "428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Laws 644c",
          "roman": "pròs dè toútoin amphoîn aû dóxas mellóntōn, hoîn koinòn mèn ónoma elpís, ídion dé, phóbos mèn hē prò lúpēs elpís, thárrhos dè hē prò toû enantíou",
          "text": "πρὸς δὲ τούτοιν ἀμφοῖν αὖ δόξας μελλόντων, οἷν κοινὸν μὲν ὄνομα ἐλπίς, ἴδιον δέ, φόβος μὲν ἡ πρὸ λύπης ἐλπίς, θάρρος δὲ ἡ πρὸ τοῦ ἐναντίου"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "hope, expectation, belief that something will happen"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hope",
          "hope"
        ],
        [
          "expectation",
          "expectation"
        ],
        [
          "belief",
          "belief"
        ],
        [
          "happen",
          "happen"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "object of hope"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "anxiety, boding"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "anxiety",
          "anxiety"
        ],
        [
          "boding",
          "boding"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/el.pís/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/elˈpis/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/elˈpis/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/el.pís/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/elˈpis/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/elˈpis/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/elˈpis/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/elˈpis/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ἐλπίς"
}

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