English → Latin
“despond” in Latin
dēmittōto send or bring down, cause to hang or fall down; drop, flow, shed, sag, let fall; to sink, lower, put down; to cast dodēspondeōto promise (to give), pledge, devote to; to promise in marriage, betroth, engage; to put away from oneself, give up, yiedēpōnōto lay, set, put or place aside or away; deposit; to resign, get rid of, give up; to wager, stake, betīnfringōto break off, infringe; to check, weaken, lessen, diminish, mitigate or assuage
The English word despond itself goes back to Latin dē, through dēspondeō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
despond
animum abjicere or demittere or submittere; animo cadere (Cic.): animo concidere (Liv.) and (often in Plaut.) animum despondere (so Liv.) and despondere only (Col.; to allow one’s spirits, courage, etc.: to fail): spem abjicere, projicere, or deponere (to cast away all hope) [Vid: To DESPAIR]. To cause anybody to despond, animum alicujus frangere, infringere (Cic.); percellere aliquem.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for despond?
- The usual Latin words for “despond” are dēmittō, dēspondeō, dēpōnō; also īnfringō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.