ελπίδα

Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Ancient Greek ἐλπίς, ἐλπίδα (elpís, elpída).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /elˈpi.ða/

Noun

ελπίδα • (elpída) f (plural ελπίδες)

1. hope, expectation

Declension

Declension of ελπίδα

	singular	plural
nominative	ελπίδα (elpída)	ελπίδες (elpídes)
genitive	ελπίδας (elpídas)	ελπίδων (elpídon)
accusative	ελπίδα (elpída)	ελπίδες (elpídes)
vocative	ελπίδα (elpída)	ελπίδες (elpídes)

Derived terms

• Ελπίδα (Elpída, “Hope (female forename)”)

Related terms

• ανέλπιδος (anélpidos, “hopeless”)
• ελπιδοφόρος (elpidofóros, “hopeful”)
• ελπίζω (elpízo, “to expect, to hope”)

Further reading

• ελπίδα, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language