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 • (eúelpĭs) m or f (neuter εὔελπῐ); third declension
- (active voice) hopeful; cheerful
- (passive voice) promising; encouraging; which gives hope
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
| Nominative | εὔελπῐς eúelpĭs |
εὔελπῐ eúelpĭ |
εὐέλπῐδε euélpĭde |
εὐέλπῐδε euélpĭde |
εὐέλπῐδες euélpĭdes |
εὐέλπῐδᾰ euélpĭdă | ||||||||
| Genitive | εὐέλπῐδος euélpĭdos |
εὐέλπῐδος euélpĭdos |
εὐελπῐ́δοιν euelpĭ́doin |
εὐελπῐ́δοιν euelpĭ́doin |
εὐελπῐ́δων euelpĭ́dōn |
εὐελπῐ́δων euelpĭ́dōn | ||||||||
| Dative | εὐέλπῐδῐ euélpĭdĭ |
εὐέλπῐδῐ euélpĭdĭ |
εὐελπῐ́δοιν euelpĭ́doin |
εὐελπῐ́δοιν euelpĭ́doin |
εὐέλπῐσῐ εὐέλπῐσῐν euélpĭsĭ(n) |
εὐέλπῐσῐ εὐέλπῐσῐν euélpĭsĭ(n) | ||||||||
| Accusative | εὔελπῐν eúelpĭn |
εὔελπῐ eúelpĭ |
εὐέλπῐδε euélpĭde |
εὐέλπῐδε euélpĭde |
εὐέλπῐδᾰς euélpĭdăs |
εὐέλπῐδᾰ euélpĭdă | ||||||||
| Vocative | εὔελπῐ eúelpĭ |
εὔελπῐ eúelpĭ |
εὐέλπῐδε euélpĭde |
εὐέλπῐδε euélpĭde |
εὐέλπῐδες euélpĭdes |
εὐέλπῐδᾰ euélpĭdă | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| εὐελπῐ́δως euelpĭ́dōs |
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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[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.