Latin

Verb

dēspērō ‎(present infinitive dēspērāre, perfect active dēspērāvī, supine dēspērātum); first conjugation

1. I have no hope of
2. I despair of

Inflection

Descendants

• English: despair

References

• despero in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• despero in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “despero”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to despair of one's position: desperare suis rebus