Ἐλπίς

See also: ἐλπίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐλπῐ́ς (elpĭ́s, “hope”).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Ἐλπῐ́ς • (Elpĭ́s) f (genitive Ἐλπῐ́δος); third declension

  1. (Greek mythology) Elpis

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Ἐλπῐ́ς; τῆς Ἐλπῐ́δος (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Ἐλπῐ́ς
hē Elpĭ́s
Genitive τῆς Ἐλπῐ́δος
tês Elpĭ́dos
Dative τῇ Ἐλπῐ́δῐ
tēî Elpĭ́dĭ
Accusative τὴν Ἐλπῐ́δᾰ
tḕn Elpĭ́dă
Vocative Ἐλπῐ́ς
Elpĭ́s
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
  • Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Descendants

  • Greek: Ελπίς (Elpís), Ελπίδα (Elpída)

Further reading

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