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
Rudens
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...multis bona evenisse. AMP. At ego etiam, qui speraverint spem decepisse multos. TRACH. Ergo animus aequos optimum..."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..."Liber X
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...cernebant adversarios non, id quod olim vix speraverint, adfectantes magnos honores sed omnia iam in quorum spem dubiam..."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..."