speraverint
Dictionary entries
- Entry →spero, sperare, speravi, speratus:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
hope for; trust; look forward to; hope;
pl. futperf. act. ind. 3rdpl. perf. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
- T
Rudens
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...multis bona evenisse. AMP. At ego etiam, qui speraverint spem decepisse multos. TRACH. Ergo animus aequos optimum..." - M
Liber VII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...accusatoribus falsa obiciendi, quod laesum et vulneratum reum speraverint hac invidia opprimi posse. Alii a propositione accusatoris contraque..." - T
Liber X
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...cernebant adversarios non, id quod olim vix speraverint, adfectantes magnos honores sed omnia iam in quorum spem dubiam..." - G
Panegyricus
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger)
"...enim cari, huic probati esse cupimus; quod frustra speraverint dissimiles: eoque obsequii continuatione pervenimus, ut prope omnes homines..."