desperatio
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
dēspērātiō f (genitive dēspērātiōnis); third declension
Declension[edit]
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | dēspērātiō | dēspērātiōnēs |
| Genitive | dēspērātiōnis | dēspērātiōnum |
| Dative | dēspērātiōnī | dēspērātiōnibus |
| Accusative | dēspērātiōnem | dēspērātiōnēs |
| Ablative | dēspērātiōne | dēspērātiōnibus |
| Vocative | dēspērātiō | dēspērātiōnēs |
Descendants[edit]
- English: desperation
- Italian: disperazione
- Piedmontese: disperassion
- Portuguese: desesperação
- Romanian: desperație
- Spanish: desesperación
References[edit]
- “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
- desperatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], 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)