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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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S&H Smith & Hall (2)
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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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• 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.
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• despair (v.):
      1. 1. despēro, 1 (foll. by abl. with de or alone; also by the acc. of that which is not hoped for, as, desperare salutem; by dat. of person on whose behalf hope is given up; by acc. and inf.): to d. of the state, de republica d., Cic.: to d. of one's fortunes, suis fortunis d., Cic.: to d. of oneself, sibi d., Cic.: he d.s of being able to enjoy, desperat posse frui, Ov.: Cic.: I do not yet d. of Marcellinus, Marcellinum nondum d., Sen.: Cic.: also absol.: to have some hope of (winning) the tribune of the plebs, to have d.'d of the senate, spem habere a tribuno plebis, a senatu desperasse, Cic.: impers.: 'tis base to d., turpiter desperatur, Quint.
      2. 2. spem abjicio, perdo (foll. by gen.): Cic. Phr.: I do not altogether d., nor do I greatly hope, nec nulla spes (est), nec magna, Cic.: I do not d., (res) in spe est, Cic.
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J. E. Riddle and T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Lexicon. Data retrieved from FergusJPWalsh/riddle-arnold under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
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• DESPAIR
1. s. desperatio (= “aegritudo sine ulla rerum exspectatione meliorum,” Cic.): to reduce anybody to despair, aliquem ad desperationem adducere or redigere (the latter, Suet.): to be reduced to despair, ad (summam) desperationem pervenire (Caes.); ad desperationem adduci; omni spe orbatus sum; nulla spes in me reliqua est: when I was in the depths of despair, cum magna desperatione affectus essem (Cic.): to be in despair, in desperatione esse (Front., Strut., 3, 17, 7): to derive courage from despair, a desperatione ira acoendit aliquem (Liv. 31, 17); extrema desperatione in iram stimulari (Tac.): a state of utter despair, omnium rerum desperatio. From or in despair, ad desperationem adductus. The extremity of despair; utter or absolute despair, summa, maxima [☞ not extrema] desperatio; extrema spes (e.g., in extrema spe, Caes., B.G. 2, 27).
2. v. desperare: saluti or sibi desperare (of one’s own safety): omnem spem abjicere: animum despondere: to despair of anything, desperare de aliqua re, or aliquid, or alicui rei; or with accusative and infinitive (Vid: Herz., Caes., B.G. 3, 12). ☞ If to despair is followed by the participle substantive, desperare will be followed by infinitive: to despair of being able, etc., despero me posse, etc.: it is disgraceful to despair of accomplishing anything that is possible, turpiter desperatur, quicquid effici potest (Quint.): to despair of ever seeing anything again, aliquid se visurum postea desperare: to despair of a sick person’s recovery, aegrum deponere; aegrum or aegroti salutem desperare; all the physicians despair of his recovery, or of him, omnes medici diffidunt: my recovery is despaired of, desperor: his recovery is despaired of, a medicis desertus est: anything is despaired of, desperatur aliquid: to despair of peace, one’s life, desperare pacem, vitam; of the state, de republica (Cic.); rempublicam (Lentul. ap. Cic.); of one’s safety, saluti suae desperare (Cic., Cluent., 25, 69); de salute desperare (Caes.): we must despair of his safety, salus ejus desperanda est.