ἕλκω
Word
Validation
Word-form
Word-lemma
Etymon-lemma
Transliteration (Word)
English translation (word)
Transliteration (Etymon)
English translation (etymon)
Century
Source
Ref.
Ed.
Quotation
Ἐλπίς. ἑλκίς τίς ἐστιν. ἀπὸ τοῦ παρέλκειν ἡμᾶς τῷ χρόνῳ. ἢ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἐλλείπειν τι τῷ ἐλπίζοντι, ἐλλιπ<ί>ς τις ἐστι, καὶ συγκοπῇ ἐλπίς [NB: Sturt prints ἐλλιπές τις; the correct form is found in the Et. Gudianum]
Translation (En)
Elpis "hope". It is a *helkis, as it were, from the fact that it drags us along (parelkein) time. Or from the fact that those who hope lack something (elleipein), a *ellip<I>s, as it were, and by syncope elpis
Parallels
Orion, Etymologicum (excerpta e cod. Darmstadino 2773), epsilon, p. 613 (ἐλπὶς, ἑλκὶς τίς ἐστὶν· ἀπὸ τοῦ παρέλκειν ἡμᾶς τῷ χρόνῳ); Choeroboscus, Epimerismi in Psalmos, p. 106 (ἐλπίσατε, προστακτικὸν ἐνεργητικόν· γίνεται δὲ ἐκ τοῦ ἐλπίζω, τοῦτο παρὰ τὸ ἐλπὶς, τοῦτο παρὰ τὸ ἕλκω ἕλκις καὶ ἐλπίς); Etym. Gudianum, epsilon, p. 459 (Ἐλπίς· παρὰ τὸ ἑλκίς ἐλπίς, ἡ παρέλκουσα ἡμᾶς εἰς χρόνον); Et. Gudianum Additamenta, epsilon, p. 459 (Ἐλπίς· ἑλκίς τίς ἐστιν, ἀπὸ τοῦ παρέλκειν ἡμ⟦ᾶς⟧ τῷ χρόνῳ· ἢ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἐλλείπειν <τι> τῷ ἐλπ⟦ίζοντι⟧, ἐλλειπίς τίς ἐστι, καὶ συγκοπῇ ἐλπίς. | Ἐλπίς· ἡ τὰ ἐλλείποντα προσαναπληροῦσα· ἢ <ἡ> εἰς ὑπόνοιαν ἡμᾶς ἀγαθὴν ἕλκουσα, ἑλκίς τις οὖσα); Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 333 (Ἐλπίς: Παρὰ τὸ ἔλπω· ἢ παρὰ τὸ ἕλκω ἑλκὶς καὶ ἐλπὶς, ἡ ἕλκουσα ἡμᾶς. Ἐκ τοῦ ἐλπὶς γίνεται ἐλπίζω· ὁ μέλλων, ἐλπίσω)
Comment
Derivational etymology requiring one formal change, from /k/ to /p/. The loss of aspiration is not commented upon, whether it reflects a psilotic stage or the unaspirated form was taken from compound verbs like παρέλκω. The function of hope is to make man wait for something and go through life trying to reach his goals, therefore it is proverbial wisdom that hope is driving/dragging man