spēs
From Proto-Italic *spēs, from Proto-Indo-European *spéh₁s (“prosperity”), from *speh₁- (“to succeed, prosper”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /speːs/, [s̠peːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /spes/, [spɛs]
Noun
spēs f (genitive speī); fifth declension
- hope (belief or expectation that something wished for can or will happen)
- Dum anima est, spēs est. ― As long as there is life, there is hope.
- expectation, anticipation, apprehension (act or state of looking forward to an event as about to happen) [ quotations ▼]
Declension
Fifth-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | spēs | spēs |
| Genitive | speī | spērum |
| Dative | speī | spēbus |
| Accusative | spem | spēs |
| Ablative | spē | spēbus |
| Vocative | spēs | spēs |