hope, expectation
Ancient Greek word, found 2,456 times in the texts on Socratos.
Homer, Odyssey 19.84: ἢ Ὀδυσεὺς ἔλθῃ· ἔτι γὰρ καὶ ἐλπίδος αἶσα.
Herodotus, Histories 1.80.5: ὡς δὲ καὶ συνήισαν ἐς τὴν μάχην, ἐνθαῦτα ὡς ὤσφροντο τάχιστα τῶν καμήλων οἱ ἵπποι καὶ εἶδον αὐτάς, ὀπίσω ἀνέστρεφον, διέφθαρτό τε τῷ Κροίσῳ ἡ ἐλπίς.
Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 1.767: βάξιν, ὃ καὶ δηρόν περ ἐπʼ ἐλπίδι θηήσαιο.
All forms of ἐλπίς