despair (subs.) Copy link • despair (subs.): despērātio: to fall into the extremity of d., ad summam d. pervenire, Cic.: to reduce any one to d., aliquem ad d. adducere, Cic.; redigere, Suet: utter d., ultima d., Tac.: also rerum may be added, to make the idea more complete: L. G. § 595. Phr.: in d. of life, in extrema spe salutis, Caes.: in d. of life, exspes vitae, Tac.