despero
Esperanto
editEtymology
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Compare Ido desespero, English despair.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editdespero (accusative singular desperon, plural desperoj, accusative plural desperojn)
- deep despair
See also
editLatin
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /deːsˈpeː.roː/, [d̪eːs̠ˈpeːroː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /desˈpe.ro/, [d̪esˈpɛːro]
Verb
editdēspērō (present infinitive dēspērāre, perfect active dēspērāvī, supine dēspērātum); first conjugation
Conjugation
edit1At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.
Descendants
edit- → Dutch: despereren
- Italian: disperare
- Old French: desperer
- Piedmontese: disperé
- → Romanian: despera, dispera
- Spanish: desperar
References
edit- “despero”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “despero”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- despero in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to despair of one's position: desperare suis rebus
- to despair of one's position: desperare suis rebus
Spanish
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editdespero
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