despondeo
Latin
Etymology
From dē- + spondeō (“promise solemnly; bond, engage”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /deːsˈpon.de.oː/, [d̪eːs̠ˈpɔn̪d̪eoː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /desˈpon.de.o/, [d̪esˈpɔn̪d̪eo]
Verb
dēspondeō (present infinitive dēspondēre, perfect active dēspondī, supine dēspōnsum); second conjugation
- I promise (to give), pledge, devote to.
- Synonyms: voveō, spondeō, ostentō, profiteor, prōmittō, pangō, stipulor, polliceor
- I promise in marriage, betroth, engage.
- (with predominant idea of removing) I put away from myself, give up, yield, resign.
- Synonyms: dēserō, cēdō, dēcēdō, concēdō, dīmittō, dēdō, abiciō, prōdō
Conjugation
Conjugation of dēspondeō (second conjugation) | |||||||
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indicative | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
active | present | dēspondeō | dēspondēs | dēspondet | dēspondēmus | dēspondētis | dēspondent |
imperfect | dēspondēbam | dēspondēbās | dēspondēbat | dēspondēbāmus | dēspondēbātis | dēspondēbant | |
future | dēspondēbō | dēspondēbis | dēspondēbit | dēspondēbimus | dēspondēbitis | dēspondēbunt | |
perfect | dēspondī | dēspondistī | dēspondit | dēspondimus | dēspondistis | dēspondērunt, dēspondēre | |
pluperfect | dēsponderam | dēsponderās | dēsponderat | dēsponderāmus | dēsponderātis | dēsponderant | |
future perfect | dēsponderō | dēsponderis | dēsponderit | dēsponderimus | dēsponderitis | dēsponderint | |
passive | present | dēspondeor | dēspondēris, dēspondēre | dēspondētur | dēspondēmur | dēspondēminī | dēspondentur |
imperfect | dēspondēbar | dēspondēbāris, dēspondēbāre | dēspondēbātur | dēspondēbāmur | dēspondēbāminī | dēspondēbantur | |
future | dēspondēbor | dēspondēberis, dēspondēbere | dēspondēbitur | dēspondēbimur | dēspondēbiminī | dēspondēbuntur | |
perfect | dēspōnsus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
pluperfect | dēspōnsus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
future perfect | dēspōnsus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
active | present | dēspondeam | dēspondeās | dēspondeat | dēspondeāmus | dēspondeātis | dēspondeant |
imperfect | dēspondērem | dēspondērēs | dēspondēret | dēspondērēmus | dēspondērētis | dēspondērent | |
perfect | dēsponderim | dēsponderīs | dēsponderit | dēsponderīmus | dēsponderītis | dēsponderint | |
pluperfect | dēspondissem | dēspondissēs | dēspondisset | dēspondissēmus | dēspondissētis | dēspondissent | |
passive | present | dēspondear | dēspondeāris, dēspondeāre | dēspondeātur | dēspondeāmur | dēspondeāminī | dēspondeantur |
imperfect | dēspondērer | dēspondērēris, dēspondērēre | dēspondērētur | dēspondērēmur | dēspondērēminī | dēspondērentur | |
perfect | dēspōnsus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
pluperfect | dēspōnsus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
imperative | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
active | present | — | dēspondē | — | — | dēspondēte | — |
future | — | dēspondētō | dēspondētō | — | dēspondētōte | dēspondentō | |
passive | present | — | dēspondēre | — | — | dēspondēminī | — |
future | — | dēspondētor | dēspondētor | — | — | dēspondentor | |
non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
infinitives | dēspondēre | dēspondisse | dēspōnsūrum esse | dēspondērī | dēspōnsum esse | dēspōnsum īrī | |
participles | dēspondēns | — | dēspōnsūrus | — | dēspōnsus | dēspondendus | |
verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
dēspondendī | dēspondendō | dēspondendum | dēspondendō | dēspōnsum | dēspōnsū |
Derived terms
- dēspōnsiō
- dēspōnsor
- dēspōnsus
Related terms
- cōnspondeō
- respondeō
- spondeō
Descendants
- Spanish: desponder
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
- despondeo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (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