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despondeo
despondeo
Latin
Verb
dēspondeō (present infinitive dēspondēre, perfect active dēspondī, supine dēspōnsum); second conjugation
- I promise (to give), pledge, devote to.
- I promise in marriage, betroth, engage.
- (figuratively) I give up, yield, resign, lose courage, despair, despond.
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- 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)
- to betroth one's daughter to some one: filiam alicui despondere