Meaning of spes | Babel Free

Definitions

1. hope (belief or expectation that something wished for can or will happen)
   declension-5
2. expectation, anticipation
   declension-5, rare
3. apprehension
   declension-5, rare

Equivalents

Examples

“Dum anima est, spēs est.”

As long as there is life, there is hope.

“Ego spem pretiō nōn emō!”

I don’t buy hope at any price! (In other words, purchase nothing more than an expectation.)

“ab initio Faustulo spes fuerat regiam stirpem apud se educari”

From the beginning there was an expectation for Faustulus that he was bringing up the children of the royal blood

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