A.unhoped for, unexpected, h.Cer.219, Hes.Fr.96.57, B.3.29; ἐξ ἀέλπτου beyond hope, unexpectedly, in good sense, Hdt.1.111; “ἐξ ἀέλπτων” S.Aj.715 (lyr.); in bad sense, A.Supp.357,987 (prob. l.); πῆμ᾽ ἄ., ἄ. κακόν, Id.Pers. 265,1006; “εἴπερ ὄψομαι τὰν ἄ. ἁμέραν” E.Supp.784; ἄ<*>λπτα γὰρ λέγεις Id.Hel.585.
2. beyond hope, despaired of, Archil.74, Hp.Art. 42.
II. Act., hopeless, desperate, h.Ap.91, A.Supp.907.