εὔελπις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From εὖ (eû, “well”) +‎ ἐλπίς (elpís, “hope”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ěu̯.el.pis/ → /ˈe.βel.pis/ → /ˈe.vel.pis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ěu̯.el.pis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈe.wel.pis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.βel.pis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.vel.pis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈe.vel.pis/

Adjective

εὔελπῐς • (eúelpis) m or f (neuter εὔελπῐ); third declension

1. (active meaning) hopeful, cheerful
2. (passive meaning) promising, encouraging, which gives hope

Declension

Third declension of εὔελπῐς; εὔελπῐ (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
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
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. * Vocative singular masculine "εὔελπι" at Smyth's Grammar, §292.

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.
  • cheerful idem, page 128.
  • cheering idem, page 129.
  • encouraging idem, page 271.
  • expectant idem, page 293.
  • hopeful idem, page 405.
  • sanguine idem, page 733.