LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjective

exspēs

exspēs (indeclinable)
Classical[ˈɛks(ː)peːs]Ecclesiastical[ˈɛks.spes]

Meaning

  1. indeclinablewithout hope, hopeless, despairing

Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms

Exspes · Desperans

Exspes denotes hopelessness, as a state; but desperans, despondency, as the painful feeling of hopelessness.

ex-spes (expes), adj. (only in the
I. nom. sing.), without hope, hopeless (poet. and in Tac.).
(a). With gen.: exspes liberūm, Att. ap. Non. 12, 7: vitae, Tac. A. 6, 24.—
(b). Absol.: solus, inops, exspes, Ov. M. 14, 217: si fractis enatat exspes Navibus, Hor. A. P. 20.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  2. Proto-Italic*eks
  3. Latinexspēs

Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *speh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *spéh₁s Proto-Italic *spēs Latin spēs Latin exspēs From ex- + spēs (“hope”).

Quick answers

What does exspēs mean in Latin?
exspēs, a adjective, means “without hope, hopeless, despairing”.
How do you pronounce exspēs?
In classical Latin, [ˈɛks(ː)peːs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈɛks.spes].
Where does exspēs come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs → Proto-Italic *eks → Latin exspēs.