noun · femininethird declension
dēspērātiō
dēspērātiō f (genitive dēspērātiōnis)
Meaning
- hopelessness, despair
- desperation
- foolhardiness
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | dēspērātiō | dēspērātiōnēs |
| genitive | dēspērātiōnis | dēspērātiōnum |
| dative | dēspērātiōnī | dēspērātiōnibus |
| accusative | dēspērātiōnem | dēspērātiōnēs |
| ablative | dēspērātiōne | dēspērātiōnibus |
| vocative | dēspērātiō | dēspērātiōnēs |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- desperatio rerum (omnium) (Catil. 2. 11. 25)
- absolute despair; a hopeless situation.
- ad (summam) desperationem pervenire, adduci (B. C. 2. 42)
- to be plunged into the depths of despair.
dēspērātĭo, ōnis, f. despero,
I. hopelessness, despair:
desperatio est aegritudo sine ulla rerum exspectatione meliorum, Cic. Tusc. 4, 8, 18. I. Prop. (good prose and very freq.).
(a). With gen.:
omnium rerum amissio et desperatio recuperandi, Cic. Fam. 4, 3, 2: omnium rerum, id. Cat. 2, 11 fin. (opp. bona spes); Liv. 21, 1; Suet. Ner. 2 et saep.: victoriae, Cic. Phil. 8, 5: magna pacis, Caes. B. C. 1, 11, 3: omnium salutis, id. ib. 1, 5, 3; Liv. 3, 2 et saep.—(b). Absol.:
magna desperatione affectus, Cic. Att. 14, 19: ad summam desperationem pervenire, Caes. B. C. 2, 42, 2: ad desperationem adducti, Nep. Eum. 12; cf.: ad desperationem redactus, Suet. Aug. 81: in desperatione esse, Front. Strat. 3, 17, 7: ad desperationem formidine properare, Tac. H. 2, 46 et saep.: a desperatione iram accendit, Liv. 31, 17; cf. Tac. H. 2, 44 fin.—In plur.: desperationes eorum, qui, etc., Cic. Fam. 2, 16, 6.—II. Meton., desperate boldness, foolhardiness:
desperatio truculentae feminae, Ap. M. 10, p. 251: periculosa, Vulg. 2 Reg. 2, 26; id. Sirach, 27, 24. Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
dēspērātiō ōnis, f
despero, hopelessness, despair : summa, Cs.: ad desperationem adducti, N.: a desperatione iram accendit, L.: desperationes eorum, qui, etc.: vitae: nimis celer rerum, L.: magna pacis, Cs.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tio Latin dēspērātiō From despero + -tio.
Descendants
- Englishdesperation
- Italiandisperazione
- Portuguesedesesperação
- Romaniandesperație
- Spanishdesesperación
- Piedmontesedisperassion