exspes:
Adjective · 3rd declension · variant: 1st · comparison: positive
- Frequency:
- Lesser
hopeless (only NOM S);
Inflections
positive
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Acc. | exspes | — |
Examples
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..."Ars Poetica
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace)
"...cupressum scis simulare; quid hoc, si fractis enatat exspes nauibus, aere dato qui pingitur? Amphora coepit institui; currente..."Liber VI
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...simulans] quasi per dementiam funesta Tiberio, mox, ubi exspes vitae fuit, meditatas compositasque diras imprecabatur, ut, quem..."