Lewis Short
(verb) : sospĭto, āre, sospes
* To save, keep safe, preserve, protect, prosper (syn.: salvum servare; an old word, belonging mostly to relig. lang.): regnum nostrum ut sospitent superstitentque, Enn. ap. Non. 176, 4 (Trag. v. 330 Vahl.); so Pac. ap. Non. 176, 6; Lucil. ib. 472, 15; Plaut. Aul. 3, 6, 10; Cat. 34, 24: progeniem,Liv. 1, 16, 3; and ex conject.: quin sospitabo plus sescentos in die,Plaut. Men. 5, 4, 6 Ritschl ad h. l.: aliquem sospitari,id. As. 3, 3, 93.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary