hope (v.) Copy link • hope (v.): spēro, 1 (foll. by acc. and inf., or direct acc.: also absol.): Cic.: Caes. (pass.) Phr.: to lead any one to h., spem alicui afferre alicujus rei, Cic. Att. 3, 22; spem facere, ib. 3, 16: cf. preced. art.