ἐλπίς

See also: Ἐλπίς

Ancient Greek

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *welp-, like ἔλπω (élpō, “I cause to hope”).

ἐλπῐ́ς • (elpís) f (genitive ἐλπῐ́δος); third declension

hope, expectation, belief that something will happen
- 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Laws 644c:
  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
  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
  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
object of hope
anxiety, boding

Third declension of ἡ ἐλπῐ́ς; τῆς ἐλπῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἐλπῐ́ς hē elpís	τὼ ἐλπῐ́δε tṑ elpíde	αἱ ἐλπῐ́δες hai elpídes
Genitive	τῆς ἐλπῐ́δος tês elpídos	τοῖν ἐλπῐ́δοιν toîn elpídoin	τῶν ἐλπῐ́δων tôn elpídōn
Dative	τῇ ἐλπῐ́δῐ têi elpídi	τοῖν ἐλπῐ́δοιν toîn elpídoin	ταῖς ἐλπῐ́σῐ / ἐλπῐ́σῐν taîs elpísi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἐλπῐ́δᾰ tḕn elpída	τὼ ἐλπῐ́δε tṑ elpíde	τᾱ̀ς ἐλπῐ́δᾰς tā̀s elpídas
Vocative	ἐλπῐ́ elpí	ἐλπῐ́δε elpíde	ἐλπῐ́δες elpídes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.