ε913Ἐλπίς
hope, expectancy
[Meaning an] expectation of good things. He who feels fear also expects, but not good things; for fear is an expectation of bad things, but hope [is an expectation] of good things. Since then the impious expect things…
Ἐλπίς· προσδοκία ἀγαθῶν. καὶ ὁ φοβούμενος προσδοκᾷ, ἀλλ' οὐκ ἀγαθά· κακῶν γὰρ προσδοκία ἐστὶν ὁ φόβος, ἀγαθῶν δὲ ἡ ἐλπίς. ἐπεὶ οὖν οὐχ ὑφεστώτων πραγμάτων οἱ ἀσεβεῖς προσδοκῶσιν,…