disappoint Copy link Outline 1. fallo, fĕfelli, falsum, 3 (with opinionem, spem, etc.)2. frustror and frustro, 13. destĭtuo, ui, ūtum, 3 (to leave in the lurch, desert)4. expr. by means of spe • disappoint: 1. fallo, fĕfelli, falsum, 3 (with opinionem, spem, etc.): I will not d. your expectations, non fallam opinionem tuam, Cic.: to d. any one's expectations, spem alicujus f., Virg.: Ov. 2. frustror and frustro, 1: hope has already often d.'d me, saepe jam me spes frustrata est, Ter.: to d. the Tarquins in their hope of aid, Tarquinios spe auxilii frustrare, Liv. 3. destĭtuo, ui, ūtum, 3 (to leave in the lurch, desert): should his expectation d. him, si spes destituat, Liv.: to deceive and d. any one, aliquem illudere atque d., Cic. 4. expr. by means of spe: being d.'d in this hope, hac spe lapsus, dejectus, repulsus, Caes.; depulsus, Cic.: how grievously am I d.'d! quanta spe decidi! Ter.: a d.'d hope, delusa spes, Phaedr. Phr.: you shall not go away d.'d (in a request), haud repulsus abibis, Pl.: when d.'d in this scheme, ubi id parum processit, Caes. (v. to succeed): I have been d.'d, *aliter res evenit ac speraveram; praeter opinionem male res cessit: to go away d.'d in one's aim, re infecta abire, Caes.: Liv.: a d.'d lover, amans neglectus, Ov.