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ἐλπίς (elpis): all forms

ἐλπίς means “hope, expectation”. Below is its full declension in Ancient Greek.

Forms

Forms, singular
Feminine
Nominativeἐλπίς
Genitiveἐλπίδος
Dativeἐλπίδι
Accusativeἐλπίδα · ἐλπίν
Vocativeἐλπί
Forms, plural
Feminine
Nominativeἐλπίδες
Genitiveἐλπίδων
Dativeἐλπίσι(ν)
Accusativeἐλπίδας
Vocativeἐλπίδες

Meaning and examples of ἐλπίς

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.