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ἄελπ-τος , ον,
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 ἀέλπτωνS.Aj.715 (lyr.); in bad sense, A.Supp.357,987 (prob. l.); πῆμ᾽ ., . κακόν, Id.Pers. 265,1006; “εἴπερ ὄψομαι τὰν . ἁμέρανE.Supp.784; <*>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.
III. Adv. -τως beyond all hope, in good sense, A.Pers.261, S.El.1263: neut. pl. as Adv., “. φανείςE.Ph.311. [α_ Hes. l.c.]
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