εὔελπις
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From εὖ (eû, “well”) + ἐλπίς (elpís, “hope”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ěu̯.el.pis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈe.wel.pis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈe.βel.pis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈe.vel.pis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈe.vel.pis/
Adjective
εὔελπῐς • (eúelpis) m or f (neuter εὔελπῐ); third declension
- (active meaning) hopeful, cheerful
- (passive meaning) promising, encouraging, which gives hope
Declension
Third declension of εὔελπῐς; εὔελπῐ (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | εὔελπῐς eúelpis | εὔελπῐ eúelpi | εὐέλπῐδε euélpide | εὐέλπῐδε euélpide | εὐέλπῐδες euélpides | εὐέλπῐδᾰ euélpida | ||||||||
Genitive | εὐέλπῐδος euélpidos | εὐέλπῐδος euélpidos | εὐελπῐ́δοιν euelpídoin | εὐελπῐ́δοιν euelpídoin | εὐελπῐ́δων euelpídōn | εὐελπῐ́δων euelpídōn | ||||||||
Dative | εὐέλπῐδῐ euélpidi | εὐέλπῐδῐ euélpidi | εὐελπῐ́δοιν euelpídoin | εὐελπῐ́δοιν euelpídoin | εὐέλπῐσῐ / εὐέλπῐσῐν euélpisi(n) | εὐέλπῐσῐ / εὐέλπῐσῐν euélpisi(n) | ||||||||
Accusative | εὔελπῐν eúelpin | εὔελπῐ eúelpi | εὐέλπῐδε euélpide | εὐέλπῐδε euélpide | εὐέλπῐδᾰς euélpidas | εὐέλπῐδᾰ euélpida | ||||||||
Vocative | εὔελπις / εὔελπῐ * eúelpis / eúelpi * | εὔελπῐ eúelpi | εὐέλπῐδε euélpide | εὐέλπῐδε euélpide | εὐέλπῐδες euélpides | εὐέλπῐδᾰ euélpida | ||||||||
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Further reading
- “εὔελπις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “εὔελπις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- εὔελπις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- cheerful idem, page 128.
- cheering idem, page 129.
- encouraging idem, page 271.
- expectant idem, page 293.
- hopeful idem, page 405.
- sanguine idem, page 733.