spes (noun F) : (
* Gen. spe, Liv. 1, 40, 7 dub.; Weissenb. spei; plur. nom. and acc. speres, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 333 Müll., or Ann. v. 410 and 132 Vahl.; gen. sperum, Eum. Paneg. Const. 15; abl. speribus, Varr. ap. Non. 171, 27 and 30: spebus,Sid. Apollin. Ep. 3, 6; Sulp. Sev. Dial. 3, 10; Paul. Nol. Carm. 18, 243; Hilar. in Psa. 119; cf. Neue, Formenl. 1, 570), f. perh. root spa-, to draw out; Gr. σπάω; cf.: prosper, spondeo; v. spatium.
* Lit.
* In gen., the expectation of something desired, hope (the predom. signif. of the word; syn. exspectatio).
* An anticipation or apprehension of something not desired, ἐλπίς (very rare): si meam spem vis improborum fefellerit atque superaverit,Cic. Cat. 4, 11, 23: mala res, spes multo asperior,Sall. C. 20, 13: Metellus contra spem suam laetissimis animis excipitur,id. J. 88, 1: id (bellum) quidem spe omnium serius fuit,Liv. 2, 3, 1: omnium spe celerius,id. 21, 6, 5: in malā jam spe,id. 22, 48: in spe Hannibali fuit defectio Tarentinorum,id. 25, 7: dum spes nulla necis,Stat. Th. 9, 129; cf.: naufragii spes omnis abit,Luc. 5, 455.
* Transf, concr., like the Engl. hope, of that in which hope is placed, or which is hoped for (poet. and in postAug. prose).
* In partic.
* With ut: quae te ratio in istam spem induxit, ut eos tibi fidelis putaris fore?Cic. Off. 2, 15, 53: si spem afferunt, ut ... fructus appareat,id. Lael. 19, 68: spes mihi certa fuit ut, etc.,Aus. Idyll. 2, 46: irritā spe agitari, ut, etc.,Tac. A. 16, 26.—(ε) With de: spes est de argento,Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 40; Cic. Lael. 3, 11: de flumine transeundo spem se fefellisse,Caes. B. G. 2, 10: quam spem tunc ille de me concepit,Plin. Ep. 1, 10, 3: nato filio pater spem de illo quam optimam capiat,Quint. 1, 1, 1.—(ζ) With ad and gerund.: postea vero quam vidi nostros tantum spei habere ad vivendum,Cic. Att. 15, 20, 2: spem habere ad ejus salutem exstinguendam,id. Mil. 2, 5: Gallis ad temptanda ea defuit spes,Liv. 21, 25, 10 Weissenb. ad loc.: cum spei ad resistendum nihil esset,id. 43, 18, 10; 43, 19, 9.
* The hope of being appointed heir (rare): leniter in spem Arrepe officiosus, ut et scribare secundus Heres,Hor. S. 2, 5, 47: in spem secundam nepotes pronepotesque (assumebantur),Tac. A. 1, 8.
* Spes, a Roman divinity who had several temples in Rome, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 8, 52; id. Ps. 2, 4, 19; id. Cist. 4, 1, 18; Cic. Leg. 2, 11, 28; id. N. D. 2, 23, 61; 3, 18, 47; Liv. 2, 51, 2; 25, 7, 6; 40, 51, 6; Tac. A. 2, 49; Plin. 2, 7, 5, § 14; Tib. 1, 1, 9 (19); Ov. A. A. 1, 445; Aus. Idyll. 12, 9; cf. Hartung, Relig. d. Röm. 2, p. 264.
* In gen.: puppes, Spes vestri reditus,Ov. M. 13, 94; cf.: vestras spes uritis, Verg. A. 5, 672: spes o fidissima Teucrum (of Aeneas),id. ib. 2, 281: spem suam (i. e. exta) circumvolat alis (milvus),Ov. M. 2, 719; cf.: spe (i. e. re speratā) potitur,id. ib. 11, 527.
* In partic., of hopeful children, and, by analogy, of the young of animals, or of the fruits of the earth: devovit nati spemque caputque parens,Ov. H. 3, 94 Ruhnk.; cf. also in plur., of one child: per spes surgentis Iuli,Verg. A. 6, 364; 10, 524; 4, 274; cf.: tuosne ego, o meae spes inanes, labentis oculis vidi,Quint. 6, prooem. § 12: (capella) gemellos, Spem gregis, silice in nudā connixa reliquit,Verg. E. 1, 15; cf. id. G. 4, 162: (sus) quia semina pando Eruerit rostro spemque interceperit anni,Ov. M. 15, 113.
* In gen., as a term of endearment, hope: spes mea,Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 27: o spes mea, o mea vita, o mea voluptas, salve,id. Stich. 4, 2, 5: o salutis meae spes,id. Rud. 3, 3, 17: et mea carissima filiola, et spes reliqua nostra, Cicero,Cic. Fam. 14, 4, 6.