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spērō āvī, ātus, āre

spes, to hope, look for, trust, expect, promise oneself : stulti erat sperare, suadere, etc.: tu iam, ut spero, aderis: Salvus sit; spero, T.: victoriam: gloriam a latronum gregibus: omnia ex victoriā, Cs.: sperata praeda, Cs.: cui tribunatus magis optandus quam sperandus fuerit, L.: spero nos ad haec perventuros: amicitiae nostrae memoriam spero sempiternam fore: totius Galliae sese potiri posse sperant, Cs.: sperabam tuum adventum appropinquare: spero esse, ut volumus: sperat se a me avellere, T.: speramus carmina fingi Posse, H.—Ellipt.: Qui semper vacuam, semper amabilem Sperat (sc. te fore), H.: ut salvum vellent tyrannum, sperare non poterat, L.: de isto licet bene speres: de absolutione istius neque iste iam sperat, etc.; cf. de eo bene sperare talem eum futurum, N.—With non, to have no fear of : sin a vobis, id quod non spero, deserar, which I am confident will not happen.—To look for, expect, await, apprehend, fear : Nam quod tu speres, propulsabo, T.: si potui tantum sperare dolorem, V.: iam quartanam sperantibus aegris, Iu.To trust, believe, assume, suppose, apprehend : spero nostram amicitiam non egere testibus: me eius spero fratrem prope modum Iam repperisse, T.: sperasse libertatem se civium suorum emisse, L.: sperabam ita notata me reliquisse genera, etc.

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