Latin

Verb

dēspondeō ‎(present infinitive dēspondēre, perfect active dēspondī, supine dēspōnsum); second conjugation

1. I promise (to give), pledge, devote to.
2. I promise in marriage, betroth, engage.
3. (figuratively) I give up, yield, resign, lose courage, despair, despond.

Inflection

Derived terms

• dēspōnsiō
• dēspōnsor
• dēspōnsus

Related terms

• cōnspondeō
• respondeō
• spondeō

Descendants

• English: despond

References

• despondeo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• despondeo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “despondeo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to betroth one's daughter to some one: filiam alicui despondere
    
  • to betroth oneself, get engaged: sibi (aliquam) despondere (of the man)