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[[hopeless]]: [[prose|P.]] [[ἀνέλπιστος]].

[[impossible to deal with]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἄπορος]], [[verse|V.]] [[ἀμήχανος]] (rare [[prose|P.]]).

Of persons: [[prose|P.]] [[ἀπονενοημένος]]; see [[despairing]].

[[precarious]]: [[prose|P.]] [[ἐπικίνδυνος]], [[ἐπισφαλής]].

[[incurable]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἀνήκεστος]], [[verse|V.]] [[δύσκηλος]]; see [[incurable]].

[[fierce]], [[obstinale]]: [[prose|P.]] [[ἰσχυρός]].

[[be in desperate straits]], v.: [[prose|P.]] [[ἀπόρως διακεῖσθαι]].

[[desperate straits]], '''substantive''': [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἄπορον]], τό, or pl., [[verse|V.]] [[ἀμήχανον]], τό, or pl. (rare [[prose|P.]]).

[[desperate remedies]]: [[prose|P.]] [[διακεκινδυνευμένα φάρμακα]] ([[Isocrates]]).
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>dēspērātē</b>:<br /><b>I</b> adv., [[hopelessly]], etc., v. [[despero]], P. a., no. 2. fin.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>dēspērātē</b>, c. [[desperanter]] : Aug. Ep. 56, 2 &#124;&#124; desperatius Aug. Conf. 6, 15 ; Cassian. Coll. 4, 20.||desperatius Aug. Conf. 6, 15 ; Cassian. Coll. 4, 20.
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{{Georges
|georg=dēspērātē, Adv. m. Compar. ([[desperatus]]), [[hoffnungslos]], [[vel]] [[securus]] [[vel]] [[certe]] [[non]] d. [[sollicitus]], Augustin. epist. 56, 2: [[vulnus]] [[quasi]] frigidius, [[sed]] desperatius dolebat, Augustin. conf. 6, 15: desperatius aegrotare, Cassian. coll. 4, 20 extr.
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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=desperate ADV :: desperately, hopelessly; tremendously, very
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