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
- T
Mercator
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...Quaeso hercle, animum ne desponde. CHAR. Nullust quem despondeam. loquere porro aliam malam rem. cui est empta..." - P
Heauton Timorumenos
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...admisceas. egon quoi daturu' non sum, ut despondeam? SY. credebam. CH. minime. SY. scite poterat fieri..."