desperatio
Latin
Etymology
despero + -tio.
Noun
dēspērātiō f (genitive dēspērātiōnis); third declension
- hopelessness, despair
- desperation
- foolhardiness
Declension
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
- English: desperation
- Italian: disperazione
- Piedmontese: disperassion
- Portuguese: desesperação
- Spanish: desesperación
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
- desperatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (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)