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desperatio
desperatio
Latin
Noun
dēspērātiō f (genitive dēspērātiōnis); third declension
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | dēspērātiō | dēspērātiōnēs |
| genitive | dēspērātiōnis | dēspērātiōnum |
| dative | dēspērātiōnī | dēspērātiōnibus |
| accusative | dēspērātiōnem | dēspērātiōnēs |
| ablative | dēspērātiōne | dēspērātiōnibus |
| vocative | dēspērātiō | dēspērātiōnēs |
References
- desperatio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- desperatio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “desperatio”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to be plunged into the depths of despair: ad (summam) desperationem pervenire, adduci (B. C. 2. 42)
- absolute despair; a hopeless situation: desperatio rerum (omnium) (Catil. 2. 11. 25)
- to be plunged into the depths of despair: ad (summam) desperationem pervenire, adduci (B. C. 2. 42)