A.s.v. ἐέλποιμεν), causal, only found in pres. (exc. ἔλπεον: ἤλπιζον, Id.), cause to hope, πάντας μὲν ἔλπει she feeds all with hope, Od.2.91, 13.380; perh. also, cause to expect, Max.178 (but may, = expect).
II. elsewh. in Med., ἔλπομαι , Ep. ἐέλπομαι , “ἠλπόμην” Od.9.419, Alc.Supp.22.8, Pi.P.4.243, etc.: Ep. 3sg. impf. ἔλπετο and ἐέλπ-, Od.3.275, Il.12.407 (ἔλπετο also in Luc.Syr.D.22): pf. “ἔολπα” Il.22.216, Od.5.379, Hes.Op.[273], A.R.2.147, etc.: 3sg. plpf. “ἐώλπει” Il.19.328, Od.20.328, A.R.3.370, Theoc.25.115:—hope or expect, Ep., Lyr., Ion. (not in Hp.) for Att. ἐλπίζω (q.v.):— Constr., like ἐλπίζω: c. acc. and fut. inf., Il.13.8, B.Fr.12: c. aor. inf., Il.7.199, Pi.P.4.243 codd., N.4.92: c. pf. inf., Il.15.110: sts. the inf. must be supplied, ἐκτελέσας μέγα ἔργον ὃ οὔ ποτε ἔλπετο θυμῷ (sc. ἐκτελέειν) Od.3.275: c. acc. rei, Il.13.609, 15.539; “ἅσσα οὐκ ἔλπονται” Heraclit.27: later, c. gen. rei, “πολυγλαγέος ἐνιαυτοῦ” Arat.1100: ὡς . ., dub. l. in Orph.A.846: abs., Heraclit.18: Homeric phrases, “ἔλπετο θυμῷ” Il.17.404, al.; also “μάλα δέ σφισιν ἔλπετο θυμός” 17.495; “ἔλπετο θυμὸς ἐνὶ στήθεσσιν ἑκάστου” 15.701; “ἤλπετ᾽ ἐνὶ φρεσί” Od.9.419.
3. generally, deem, suppose, “οὔ ποθι ἔλπομαι οὕτως δεύεσθαι πολέμοιο . . Ἀχαιούς” Il.13.309, cf. Theoc. 7.31; “ἐπὴν ἡμέας ἔλπῃ ποτὶ δώματ᾽ ἀφῖχθαι” Od.6.297, cf. 23.345; ἔλπετο γὰρ κατὰ θυμὸν . . ἑταίρους . . ἰέναι (pres. inf.) Il.10.355; “οὐ γὰρ ὅ γ᾽ ἀθανάτων τιν᾽ ἐέλπετο . . Τρώεσσιν ἀρηξέμεν” Il.13.8, cf. 7.199, 15.110, Orac. ap. Hdt.1.65, AP5.115 (Marc. Arg.); “λάσην” Alc. l.c. (ϝελπ-, ἐϝέλπομαι, ϝέϝολπα, cf. Lat. volup.）
