ἐλπίζω
Etym. ἔλπω
1. "to hope for, look for, expect", τι Aesch., etc.: c. inf. fut. or aor. "to hope or expect that", Hdt., attic
2. of evils, "to look for, fear", Soph., etc.
3. with inf. pres. it means little more than "to think, deem, suppose, believe that", Hdt., attic
4. c. dat. "to hope in..", τῆι τύχηι Thuc.; εἴς τινα, ἐπί τινα NTest.