Ἐλπίς

See also: ἐλπίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐλπῐ́ς (elpís, “hope”).

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Ἐλπῐ́ς • (Elpís) f (genitive Ἐλπῐ́δος); third declension

  1. Elpis

Inflection
Third declension of ἡ Ἐλπῐ́ς; τῆς Ἐλπῐ́δος (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Ἐλπῐ́ς
hē Elpís
Genitive τῆς Ἐλπῐ́δος
tês Elpídos
Dative τῇ Ἐλπῐ́δῐ
têi Elpídi
Accusative τὴν Ἐλπῐ́δᾰ
tḕn Elpída
Vocative Ἐλπῐ́ς
Elpís
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.

Descendants
  • Greek: Ελπίδα (Elpída)

References
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