despondeam
Dictionary entries
- Entry →despondeo, despondere, despepondi, desponsus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation · Transitive
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- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
betroth, promise (woman) in marriage; pledge, promise; despair/yield/give up;
sg. pres. act. subj. 1st
Examples
Mercator
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...Quaeso hercle, animum ne desponde. CHAR. Nullust quem despondeam. loquere porro aliam malam rem. cui est empta..."Heauton Timorumenos
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...admisceas. egon quoi daturu' non sum, ut despondeam? SY. credebam. CH. minime. SY. scite poterat fieri..."