LAT
despero
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(verb) : dē-spēro, āvi, ātum, 1, and
* A., to be hopeless; to have no hope of, to despair of, to give up (freq. and class.).—Constr. most freq. with de, the acc., or acc. and inf.; less freq. with the dat. or absol.
* With de (in Cic. rarely): de sua virtute aut de ipsius diligentia,Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 4: de pugna,id. ib. 1, 40, 8: de officio imperatoris,id. ib. 1, 40, 10,: de expugnatione,id. ib. 7, 36: de salute,id. ib. 7, 85, 3: de republica,Cic. Att. 8, 11, D, § 6: de summa rerum,Liv. 26, 41: de se, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 21, 3; Cic. Fam. 7, 3, 2; 9, 15, 5; Lact. 6, 24, 1; Sen. Tranq. An. 5, 2.
* With acc. (in Caes. only in the part. perf.): honores,Cic. Cat. 2, 9: honorem,id. Mur. 21, 43: rempublicam,id. Fam. 12, 14, 3: pacem,id. Att. 8, 15, 3: voluntariam deditionem,Liv. 23, 14: membra invicti Glyconis,Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 30; Sen. Ep. 29, 3; 104, 12.—In the pass.: sive restituimur, sive desperamur,Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 7; Quint. 1, 10, 8: hujus salus desperanda est,Cic. Lael. 24, 90; cf.: nil desperandum Teucro duce,Hor. Od. 1, 7, 27: desperatis nostris rebus,Caes. B. G. 2, 24, 4; cf. id. ib. 3, 26, 5: desperata salute,id. ib. 3, 3, 3 et saep.: desperato improviso tumultu,Liv. 10, 14 et saep.— Middle: desperatis hominibus, who gave themselves up, i. e. were desperately resolved, desperate, Caes. B. G. 7, 3.
* With acc. and inf.: ego non despero fore aliquem aliquando, qui, etc.,Cic. de Or. 1, 21, 95; id. Div. 2, 21, 48; Quint. 5, 12, 3; Hor. A. P. 150; Ov. M. 9, 724 et saep.
* Dēspēranter, adv., hopelessly, despairingly: loqui secum,Cic. Att. 14, 18, 3.
* Dēspērātus, a, um, P. a., given up, despaired of, irremediable, desperate (most freq. in Cic.): exercitum collectum ex senibus desperatis,Cic. Cat. 2, 3: remedium aegrotae ac prope desperatae reipublicae,id. Div. in Caecil. 21, 70; cf.: reipublicae morbi,id. Sull. 27 fin.: collegium,id. Leg. 3, 10, 24: desperatas pecunias exigere,id. Mur. 20 fin. et saep.: desperatos vocant, quia corpori suo minime parcunt (of the Christians),Lact. 5, 9, 12. —Prov.: desperatis Hippocrates vetat adhibere medicinam,Cic. Att. 16, 15, 5.— Comp.: haec nunc multo desperatiora,Cic. Fam. 7, 22.—Sup.: perfugium,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 41 fin.: spes, Balb. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 7, B, § 2.—* Adv., dēspērātē, desperately: non desperate sollicitus,Aug. Ep. ad Celer. 237.
* A., to be hopeless; to have no hope of, to despair of, to give up (freq. and class.).—Constr. most freq. with de, the acc., or acc. and inf.; less freq. with the dat. or absol.
* With de (in Cic. rarely): de sua virtute aut de ipsius diligentia,Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 4: de pugna,id. ib. 1, 40, 8: de officio imperatoris,id. ib. 1, 40, 10,: de expugnatione,id. ib. 7, 36: de salute,id. ib. 7, 85, 3: de republica,Cic. Att. 8, 11, D, § 6: de summa rerum,Liv. 26, 41: de se, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 21, 3; Cic. Fam. 7, 3, 2; 9, 15, 5; Lact. 6, 24, 1; Sen. Tranq. An. 5, 2.
* With acc. (in Caes. only in the part. perf.): honores,Cic. Cat. 2, 9: honorem,id. Mur. 21, 43: rempublicam,id. Fam. 12, 14, 3: pacem,id. Att. 8, 15, 3: voluntariam deditionem,Liv. 23, 14: membra invicti Glyconis,Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 30; Sen. Ep. 29, 3; 104, 12.—In the pass.: sive restituimur, sive desperamur,Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 7; Quint. 1, 10, 8: hujus salus desperanda est,Cic. Lael. 24, 90; cf.: nil desperandum Teucro duce,Hor. Od. 1, 7, 27: desperatis nostris rebus,Caes. B. G. 2, 24, 4; cf. id. ib. 3, 26, 5: desperata salute,id. ib. 3, 3, 3 et saep.: desperato improviso tumultu,Liv. 10, 14 et saep.— Middle: desperatis hominibus, who gave themselves up, i. e. were desperately resolved, desperate, Caes. B. G. 7, 3.
* With acc. and inf.: ego non despero fore aliquem aliquando, qui, etc.,Cic. de Or. 1, 21, 95; id. Div. 2, 21, 48; Quint. 5, 12, 3; Hor. A. P. 150; Ov. M. 9, 724 et saep.
* Dēspēranter, adv., hopelessly, despairingly: loqui secum,Cic. Att. 14, 18, 3.
* Dēspērātus, a, um, P. a., given up, despaired of, irremediable, desperate (most freq. in Cic.): exercitum collectum ex senibus desperatis,Cic. Cat. 2, 3: remedium aegrotae ac prope desperatae reipublicae,id. Div. in Caecil. 21, 70; cf.: reipublicae morbi,id. Sull. 27 fin.: collegium,id. Leg. 3, 10, 24: desperatas pecunias exigere,id. Mur. 20 fin. et saep.: desperatos vocant, quia corpori suo minime parcunt (of the Christians),Lact. 5, 9, 12. —Prov.: desperatis Hippocrates vetat adhibere medicinam,Cic. Att. 16, 15, 5.— Comp.: haec nunc multo desperatiora,Cic. Fam. 7, 22.—Sup.: perfugium,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 41 fin.: spes, Balb. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 7, B, § 2.—* Adv., dēspērātē, desperately: non desperate sollicitus,Aug. Ep. ad Celer. 237.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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