despero

Latin > English

despero desperare, desperavi, desperatus V :: despair (of); have no/give up hope (of/that); give up as hopeless (of cure)

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

dē-spēro: āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and
I a., to be hopeless; to have no hope of, to despair of, to give up (freq. and class.).—Constr. most freq. with de, the acc., or acc. and inf.; less freq. with the dat. or absol.
   (a)    With de (in Cic. rarely): de sua virtute aut de ipsius diligentia, Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 4: de pugna, id. ib. 1, 40, 8: de officio imperatoris, id. ib. 1, 40, 10,: de expugnatione, id. ib. 7, 36: de salute, id. ib. 7, 85, 3: de republica, Cic. Att. 8, 11, D, § 6: de summa rerum, Liv. 26, 41: de se, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 21, 3; Cic. Fam. 7, 3, 2; 9, 15, 5; Lact. 6, 24, 1; Sen. Tranq. An. 5, 2.—
   (b)    With acc. (in Caes. only in the part. perf.): honores, Cic. Cat. 2, 9: honorem, id. Mur. 21, 43: rempublicam, id. Fam. 12, 14, 3: pacem, id. Att. 8, 15, 3: voluntariam deditionem, Liv. 23, 14: membra invicti Glyconis, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 30; Sen. Ep. 29, 3; 104, 12.—In the pass.: sive restituimur, sive desperamur, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 7; Quint. 1, 10, 8: hujus salus desperanda est, Cic. Lael. 24, 90; cf.: nil desperandum Teucro duce, Hor. Od. 1, 7, 27: desperatis nostris rebus, Caes. B. G. 2, 24, 4; cf. id. ib. 3, 26, 5: desperata salute, id. ib. 3, 3, 3 et saep.: desperato improviso tumultu, Liv. 10, 14 et saep.— Middle: desperatis hominibus, who gave themselves up, i. e. were desperately resolved, desperate, Caes. B. G. 7, 3.—
   (g)    With acc. and inf.: ego non despero fore aliquem aliquando, qui, etc., Cic. de Or. 1, 21, 95; id. Div. 2, 21, 48; Quint. 5, 12, 3; Hor. A. P. 150; Ov. M. 9, 724 et saep.—
   (d)    With dat.: saluti, Cic. Clu. 25, 68: oppido, id. Pis. 34 fin.: rebus tuis, id. ib. 36, 89: suis fortunis, Caes. B. G. 3, 12, 3: sibi, id. ib. 7, 50, 4; Cic. Mur. 21 fin.: saluti suae, id. Clu. 25.—（ε) Absol.: sive habes aliquam spem de republica sive desperas, Cic. Fam. 2, 5; id. Off. 1, 21 fin.; Quint. 2, 4, 10; 12 prooem. § 2; Ov. M. 10, 371 et saep.: spem habere a tribuno plebis, a senatu desperasse, Cic. Pis. 6.—Hence, *
   1    dēspēranter, adv., hopelessly, despairingly: loqui secum, Cic. Att. 14, 18, 3.—
   2    dēspērātus, a, um, P. a., given up, despaired of, irremediable, desperate (most freq. in Cic.): exercitum collectum ex senibus desperatis, Cic. Cat. 2, 3: remedium aegrotae ac prope desperatae reipublicae, id. Div. in Caecil. 21, 70; cf.: reipublicae morbi, id. Sull. 27 fin.: collegium, id. Leg. 3, 10, 24: desperatas pecunias exigere, id. Mur. 20 fin. et saep.: desperatos vocant, quia corpori suo minime parcunt (of the Christians), Lact. 5, 9, 12. —Prov.: desperatis Hippocrates vetat adhibere medicinam, Cic. Att. 16, 15, 5.— Comp.: haec nunc multo desperatiora, Cic. Fam. 7, 22.—Sup.: perfugium, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 41 fin.: spes, Balb. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 7, B, § 2.—* Adv., dēspērātē, desperately: non desperate sollicitus, Aug. Ep. ad Celer. 237.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

dēspērō,⁹ āvī, ātum, āre, tr. et intr.,
1 tr., désespérer de, ne pas compter ou ne plus compter sur : honorem Cic. Mur. 43, perdre l’espérance d’arriver à une dignité, cf. Mil. 56, etc. ; nos et rem publicam Lentul. Fam. 12, 14, 3, désespérer de nous et de l’État, cf. Sen. Ep. 24, 3 ; sive restituimur, sive desperamur Cic. Q. 1, 3, 7, soit que ma fortune se relève, ou qu’il faille en désespérer ; hujus salus desperanda est Cic. Læl. 90, il faut désespérer de son salut || non despero fore aliquem aliquando, qui... Cic. de Or. 1, 95, je ne désespère pas qu’il se trouvera un jour qqn qui..., cf. Div. 2, 48 ; Att. 8, 9, 3
2 intr., désespérer, perdre toute espérance : sibi Cic. Mur. 45, désespérer de soi ; saluti Cic. Clu. 68, de son salut, cf. Cæs. G. 7, 50, etc.; de toto ordine Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 22, désespérer de l’ordre tout entier [du sénat], cf. Cæs. G. 1, 18, 9 ; 1, 40, 4 ; 7, 36, 1, etc.; Liv. 22, 61, 10 ; 25, 6, 7, etc.; a senatu Cic. Pis. 12, être sans espoir du côté du sénat || abs^t] perdre l’espérance, renoncer à l’espérance, désespérer : Cic. Off. 1, 73 ; Tusc. 3, 83.

Latin > German (Georges)

dē-spēro, āvī, ātum, āre, keine Hoffnung haben, alle Hoffnung fahren lassen, an etwas verzweifeln, etwas aufgeben, auf etw. verzichten, einer Sache entsagen, a) intr.: de re publica, Cic.: de se, Lact.: de se, de exercitu, de Lepidi fide, Cic.: de Italicis commeatibus, Caes.: desperatum de re publica esse, Liv. – a (von seiten) senatu, Cic. – m. Dat. (s. Kraner Caes. b. G. 7, 50, 4), sibi, Cic. u. Caes.: suis fortunis, Caes.: saluti, Cic.: oppido, an der Behauptung der Stadt, Cic.: verb. diffidere ac desp. rebus suis, Cic. – m. in (an) u. Abl., in ecclesia tua prorsus desperabam, Augustin. conf. 5, 13. – absol., non desperemus, Quint.: subdiffidere coepi; postea vero desperavi, Cic. – insbes., an eines Kranken usw. Aufkommen zweifeln, jmd. aufgeben, desperantibus de eo medicis, Quint.: sibi, Cic.: saluti suae, Cic. – b) tr.: reditum, Cic.: pacem, Cic.: voluntariam deditionem, Liv.: id, Cornif. rhet.: omnia, Cic. – m. folg. Infin. od. Nom. u. Infin., quā posse frui desperat, Ov. met. 9, 724: cur ego desperem fieri sine coniuge mater, Ov. fast. 5, 241. – m. folg. Acc. u. Infin., ista vera esse, Cic.: se quae regi pollicitus esset praestare posse, Nep.: non desperat (rem) impetrari posse, Liv.: u. desperato (Abl. absol.) m. folg. Acc. u. Infin., Curt. 6, 5 (17), 21. – im Passiv, desperatur turpiter quidquid fieri potest, Cic.: desperatis campestribus locis, Caes.: desperatis legibus et iudiciis, Cic.: desperato auxilio, Liv.: desperatis generi od. provinciarum rebus, Nep.: desperatis rebus, in verzweifelter Lage, Liv.: v. Pers., desperatus ab omnibus, Cic. Vgl. desperatus, a, um.

Latin > Chinese

despero, as, are. n. act. :: 失望。不復 望。— saluti 不復望平安。— rempublicam vel de republica 不望國家 之存。— a senatu 不復望議事廳之恩。 Non despero ita posse fieri 吾不失望此事之成。