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despondeas

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  • despondeo, despondere, despepondi, desponsus:

    Verb · 2nd conjugation · Transitive

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    = betroth, promise (woman) in marriage; pledge, promise; despair/yield/give up;

    Entry →
    sg. pres. act. subj. 2nd

Examples

  • T

    Poenulus

    Titus Maccius Plautus

    "...dico, ne dictum neges: tuam mihi maiorem filiam despondeas. HAN. Pactam rem habeto. AGOR. Spondesne igitur? HAN. Spondeo..."
  • T

    Curculio

    Titus Maccius Plautus

    "...Ther. Quid id est? Phaed. Vt mihi hanc despondeas. Cvrc. Quid cessas, miles, hanc huic uxorem dare..."
  • L

    Liber II

    Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE BENEFICIIS

    "...facere te possit. Nullas tibi proponam difficultates, ne despondeas animum, ne laborum ac longae seruitutis expectatione deficias..."

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