exspes:
Adjective · 3rd declension · variant: 1st · comparison: positive
- Frequency:
- Lesser
hopeless (only NOM S);
Inflections
positive
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Acc. | exspes | — |
Examples
- P
Metamorphoses XIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...famem pellens et mixta frondibus herba solus inops exspes leto poenaeque relictus hanc procul adspexi longo post tempore..." - Q
Ars Poetica
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace)
"...cupressum scis simulare; quid hoc, si fractis enatat exspes nauibus, aere dato qui pingitur? Amphora coepit institui; currente..." - P
Liber VI
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...simulans] quasi per dementiam funesta Tiberio, mox, ubi exspes vitae fuit, meditatas compositasque diras imprecabatur, ut, quem..."