See spes in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"source": "declension",
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"source": "declension",
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"source": "declension",
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"singular"
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "spem",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
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"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "spēs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "spē",
"source": "declension",
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"singular"
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},
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
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"source": "declension",
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"singular",
"vocative"
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"source": "declension",
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"vocative"
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],
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "spērō"
}
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{
"_dis": "68 26 6",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
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},
{
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"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
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},
{
"_dis": "100 0 0",
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"bold_text_offsets": [
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15,
19
]
],
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35,
39
]
],
"english": "As long as there is life, there is hope.",
"text": "Dum anima est, spēs est.",
"translation": "As long as there is life, there is hope.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "I don’t buy hope at any price!\n(In other words, purchase nothing more than an expectation.)",
"ref": "160 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Adelphoe 219",
"text": "Ego spem pretiō nōn emō!",
"translation": "I don’t buy hope at any price!\n(In other words, purchase nothing more than an expectation.)",
"type": "quotation"
}
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{
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"parents": [],
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{
"english": "From the beginning there was an expectation for Faustulus that he was bringing up the children of the royal blood",
"ref": "27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita I.5",
"text": "ab initio Faustulo spes fuerat regiam stirpem apud se educari",
"translation": "From the beginning there was an expectation for Faustulus that he was bringing up the children of the royal blood",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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]
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"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"word": "spes"
}
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"Latin fifth declension nouns",
"Latin lemmas",
"Latin nouns",
"Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic",
"Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *speh₁-",
"Latin terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
"Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic",
"Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Pages with 3 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"la:Christianity",
"la:Emotions",
"la:Religion"
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"word": "ispes"
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"lang_code": "it",
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"word": "in spe"
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"source": "declension",
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"source": "declension",
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{
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"source": "declension",
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"nominative",
"plural"
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{
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"source": "declension",
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"genitive",
"singular"
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
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{
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"source": "declension",
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"singular"
]
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "spem",
"source": "declension",
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"singular"
]
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"source": "declension",
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"singular"
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"source": "declension",
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"ablative",
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"source": "declension",
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"singular",
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"source": "declension",
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},
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"name": "la-noun"
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"1": "spēs<5>"
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}
],
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"Latin terms with usage examples"
],
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{
"bold_text_offsets": [
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15,
19
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],
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35,
39
]
],
"english": "As long as there is life, there is hope.",
"text": "Dum anima est, spēs est.",
"translation": "As long as there is life, there is hope.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "I don’t buy hope at any price!\n(In other words, purchase nothing more than an expectation.)",
"ref": "160 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Adelphoe 219",
"text": "Ego spem pretiō nōn emō!",
"translation": "I don’t buy hope at any price!\n(In other words, purchase nothing more than an expectation.)",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"hope (belief or expectation that something wished for can or will happen)"
],
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"Latin terms with rare senses"
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"ref": "27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita I.5",
"text": "ab initio Faustulo spes fuerat regiam stirpem apud se educari",
"translation": "From the beginning there was an expectation for Faustulus that he was bringing up the children of the royal blood",
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"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"word": "spes"
}
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