hope (subs.) Copy link Outline I. In gen. senseII. The forlorn h. • hope (subs.): I. In gen. sense: spes, ĕi, f. (also used in sense of expectation): great or lively h., magna, bona s., Cic.: to entertain h., s. habere, Cic. pass.: to be led to entertain h., in spem (alicujus rei) venire, Cic. Fam. 9, 1; ingredi, ib. 12, 25; adduci, id. Mil. 28, 78: I am in great h.s, magna spe sumus, Cic. Att. 6, 1, 20; magna me s. tenet, id. Tusc. 41, init.: perished is all our h., occidit s. omnis, Hor. Od. 4, 5, 71: v. expectation. Dimin. spēcula, a gleam of h.: yet I used to cheer myself with this faint h., hac tamen oblectabar s., Cic. Fam. 2, 16, ad fin. To be without h., desperare: v. to despair. II. The forlorn h.: perh. *perdita, sacra, devota manus.