Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 1803.spēs on page 1803
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spēs hope
spēs is a Latin Noun that primarily means hope.
Definitions for spēs
Wheelock's Latin
Noun
- 1
hope
English derivatives:
despair desperate
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Noun
- 1
A feeling or state of hope, expectation (of something desired). (b) (w. nature of hope expr.). (c) (w. basis, repository, etc., of one hopes expr.).
- 2
(in neutral sense) Expectation, anticipation.
- 3
(Viewed as an objective possibility) A prospect, hope; promise (of future achievements). (b) (w. nature of prospect expr.). (c) (w. basis, etc., expr.). (d) in ~e, in prospect; in- ~em (w. gen.), so as to give promise (of); in ~e (w. gen.) with the prospect (of). (e) (pregn.) the prospect of inheriting, etc., under a will, succession, etc.).
Sentences with spēs
Latin to English
Hāc aetāte spēs nostrae ā hīs tribus tyrannīs tolluntur.Compare In this age our hopes are being destroyed by these three tyrants.
Cīvibus patriam amantibus, possumus habēre magnās spēs.Compare If (since, etc.) the citizens love (their) country, we can have great hopes.
Illa rēs pūblica minima maximās spēs habuit.Compare That very small republic had the greatest hopes.
Nostrīs temporibus omnēs plūs metūs et minus speī habēmus.Compare In our times we all have too much of fear and too little of hope.
Spēs vīvendī post mortem multōs hortātur.Compare The hope of living after death encourages many people.
Iam mala finissem leto, sed credula vitam spes fovet et fore cras semper ait melius.Compare I would by now have ended my sufferings by death, but gullible hope encourages me to live, keeps saying that tomorrow will be better.
Sicut muta animalia cibo inescantur, sic homines non caparentur nisi spei aliquid morderent.Compare Just as dumb creatures are snared by food, human beings would not be caught unless they had a nibble of hope.
Defendo urbs possum spes nullus sum.Compare There was no hope that the city could be defended.
Declension table for spēs
Cactus2000
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nom. | spēs | spēs |
| Gen. | speī | spērum |
| Dat. | speī | spēbus |
| Acc. | spem | spēs |
| Abl. | spē | spēbus |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 143.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1803.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
- Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 120.
Bibliography
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Delatte, Louis, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard. Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language]. Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège (L.A.S.L.A.), 1981.
Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.
Francese, Christopher. "Latin Core Vocabulary." Dickinson College Commentaries. Last modified 2014. http://dcc.dickinson.edu/latin-vocabulary-list.
Gildersleeve, Basil L., and Gonzales Lodge. Gildersleeve's Latin Grammar: Third Edition, Revised, and Enlarged. 3rd ed. London, England: Macmillan and Co., 1903.
Glare, Peter G.W. Oxford Latin Dictionary. Vols. 1-8. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press, 1982.
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Wiktionary Contributors. "Victionarium." Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Updated March 18, 2019. https://la.wiktionary.org/wiki/Victionarium:Pagina_prima.
Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "spēs, speī (n.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 22, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/spes-spei.
Entry created on . Last updated on .
Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 143.spēs, speī on page 143
