A.“-ιῶ” D.S.19.50: pf. -ήλπικα:—despair of, “τῆς πόλεως τὴν σωτηρίαν” Hyp.Ath.35; “τὸ μέλλον” Epicur.Ep.3p.62U.; “πράξεις” Plb.1.19.12, etc.:—Pass., to be given up in despair, “τὰ πράγματα” Id.10.6.10; of persons, to be despaired of, “οἱ ἀπηλπισμένοι” LXX Is.29.19, cf. Plb.9.5.2; “ὑπὸ τῶν ἰατρῶν” D.S.1.25, D.L.8.69, cf. IG 14.966 (ἀφηλπ-).
2. “ἀ. τινός” despair of, Plb.1.55.2, al.; “οὐκ ἀ. τινός” to be confident of, Gal.8.365; “περὶ τῆς νίκης” D.S.2.25.
3. abs., hope that a thing will not happen, D.L.1.59.