ἐλπίς
Etym. ἔλπω
I. "hope, expectation", Od.;in pl., πολλῶν ῥαγεισῶν ἐλπίδων after the wreck of many "hopes", Aesch.;—with gen. both of subject and object, Πελοποννησίων τὴν ἐλπίδα τοῦ ναυτικοῦ "the hope of" the P. "in" their navy, Thuc.
2. "the object of hope, a hope", Ὀρέστης, ἐλπὶς δόμων Aesch.
II. "apprehension, fear", id=Aesch.