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spesnormalized · spes10 analyses · 2 lemmas
Lemma 1spes
nounfeminine
- hope/anticipation/expectation; prospect/hope/promise; (inheriting/ - object/embodiment of hope; [optio ad ~ => junior hoping to make centurion]
Morphology5 analyses
nominative singularsp + es · regular
vocative singularsp + es · regular
nominative pluralsp + es · regular
vocative pluralsp + es · regular
accusative pluralsp + es · regular
Lewis & Short
spes, spēi, , , [perh. root spa-, to draw out; ; : prosper, spondeo; spatium]
spe, dub.; Weissenb. spei; and speres, Enn. Müll., or Ann. 410 and 132 Vahl.; sperum.
, the expectation of something desired, hope (the predom. signif. of the word; exspectatio).
: ut aegroto, dum anima est, spes esse dicitur: nolite nimiam spem habere, Cat. ; spem pro re ferentes —
With obj.
With obj.-clause.
With ut. — With de. — With ad and gerund.: Weissenb. ad loc.
The hope of being appointed heir (rare).
Spes, a Roman divinity who had several temples in Rome.
Transf, concr., like the hope, of that in which hope is placed, or which is hoped for ( and in postAug. prose).
; vestras spes uritis.
, of hopeful children, and, by analogy, of the young of animals, or of the fruits of the earth: Ruhnk.; also in , of one child.
, as a term of endearment, hope.
An anticipation or apprehension of something not desired, (very rare)
Lemma 2Spes
nounfeminine
- hope/anticipation/expectation; prospect/hope/promise; (inheriting/ - object/embodiment of hope; [optio ad ~ => junior hoping to make centurion]
Morphology5 analyses
nominative singularsp + es · regular
vocative singularsp + es · regular
nominative pluralsp + es · regular
vocative pluralsp + es · regular
accusative pluralsp + es · regular
Lewis & Short
spes, spēi, , , [perh. root spa-, to draw out; ; : prosper, spondeo; spatium]
spe, dub.; Weissenb. spei; and speres, Enn. Müll., or Ann. 410 and 132 Vahl.; sperum.
, the expectation of something desired, hope (the predom. signif. of the word; exspectatio).
: ut aegroto, dum anima est, spes esse dicitur: nolite nimiam spem habere, Cat. ; spem pro re ferentes —
With obj.
With obj.-clause.
With ut. — With de. — With ad and gerund.: Weissenb. ad loc.
The hope of being appointed heir (rare).
Spes, a Roman divinity who had several temples in Rome.
Transf, concr., like the hope, of that in which hope is placed, or which is hoped for ( and in postAug. prose).
; vestras spes uritis.
, of hopeful children, and, by analogy, of the young of animals, or of the fruits of the earth: Ruhnk.; also in , of one child.
, as a term of endearment, hope.
An anticipation or apprehension of something not desired, (very rare)
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