sospes
καὶ νῦν περὶ ἀρετῆς ὃ ἔστιν ἐγὼ μὲν οὐκ οἶδα, σὺ μέντοι ἴσως πρότερον μὲν ᾔδησθα πρὶν ἐμοῦ ἅψασθαι, νῦν μέντοι ὅμοιος εἶ οὐκ εἰδότι → so now I do not know what virtue is; perhaps you knew before you contacted me, but now you are certainly like one who does not know
Latin > English
sospes (gen.), sospitis ADJ :: safe and sound; auspicious
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
sospĕs: ĭtis (
I fem. collat. form sospĭ-ta, ae, and arch. SISPITA, ae, and SEISPES, ĭtis;
v. infra), adj. for sos-pets; root σάος, σῶς; and pa-, to nourish, protect; cf. pasco.
I Act., saving, delivering; subst., a savior, deliverer, preserver (so only in the foll. examples): Ennius sospitem pro servatore posuit, Fest. pp. 300 and 301 Müll.: templum Junonis Sospitae, Cic. Div. 1, 2, 4; so, Sospita, an epithet of Juno (the Gr. Hygieia). id. N. D. 1, 29, 82; id. Mur. 41, 90; Ov. F. 2, 56; in the form SISPITA, Inscr. Orell. 1309; Num. ap. Eckh. D. N. V. 7, pp. 14 and 107; cf.: sispitem Junonem, quam vulgo sospitem appellant, antiqui usurpabant, Fest. p. 343 Müll.: IVNONE SEISPITEI MATRI REGINAE, Inscr. Orell. 5659 a; the same abbreviated I. S. M. R. (IVNO SISPITA MATER REGINA), ib. 1308; 2503; 3324; 4014.—
II Pass., saved, i.e. safe and sound, safe, unhurt, unharmed, uninjured; happy, lucky, fortunate (syn.: salvus, incolumis, sanus, salvus; mostly poet. and in postAug. prose; not in Cic.): filium tuum modo in portu vivum, salvum et sospitem vidi, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 93: exagoga (with salva), id. Rud. 3, 2, 17: ita mihi salvam ac sospitem rempublicam sistere in sede suā liceat August. ap. Suet. Aug. 28: sospes et superstes gnatus, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 2; sospes incolumisque (Caesar), Plin. Pan. 67, 5: sospes Iter incipe hoc, Plaut. Cas. 4, 4, 1: sospites in patriam restituere, Liv. 2, 49, 7; 5, 28, 4; virginum matres juvenumque nuper Sospitum, Hor. C. 3, 14, 10: Hesperiā sospes ab ultima, id. ib. 1, 36, 4: vix una sospes navis ab ignibus, id. ib. 1, 37, 13: fortuna do. musque Sospes ab incursu est, Ov. M. 10, 401: Juppiter, da diem hunc sospitem Rebus meis agundis, favorable, auspicious, Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 15: mutare lares et urbem Sospite cursu, Hor. C. S. 40.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
sospĕs,¹¹ pĭtis, adj.,
1 qui sauve, sauveur, cf. Fest. 301, 15 ; P. Fest. 300 ; Enn. Ann. 590 ; v. sospita
2 sauvé, échappé au danger : Pl. Capt. 873, etc.; Plin. Min. Pan. 67, 5 ; Hor. O. 3, 14, 10 || favorable, propice : Pl. Pœn. 1188 ; Hor. Sæc. 40. arch. sispes Fest. 343, 14.
Latin > German (Georges)
sōspes, itis, Abl. ite, I) passiv = wohlbehalten, unverletzt, unversehrt, v. Pers., sospes incolumisque (Caesar), Plin. pan.: filius vivus, sospes et incolumis, Plaut.: mater iuvenum semper sospitum, Hor.: sospites brevi in patriam ad parentes restituant, Liv. – v. Lebl., res publica, August. bei Suet.: navis sospes ab ignibus, Hor.: domus sospes ab incursu, Ov. – übtr., behütet = glücklich, günstig, dies, Plaut.: cursus, Hor. – II) aktiv = rettend, subst., der Erretter, Enn. ann. 590; vgl. Fest. 301 (b), 15. Paul. ex Fest. 300, 10. – u. die Erretterin, als Beiname, Iuno Sispes (archaist. = Sospes), Fest. 343 (a), 14. vgl. sospita.
