spero

spe-ro · /ˈspɛ.rɔ/

dictionary entry

spero, speráre, sperávi, sperátum — to hope, to trust, to expect

In the sense “to trust”, it can take in with the ablative: speráre in Deo — to put one's hope in God.

grammar

verb, 1st conjugation

in English

desperate

in the texts

Te Deum laudámus sperávimus, sperávi

De profúndis sperávit, speret

Litániæ Sacratíssimi Cordis Iesu sperántium

Psalmus Iúdica me Spera

Nobis quoque peccatóribus sperántibus

Quæcúmque scripta sunt sperábunt

external dictionary: Logeion