despondeo

Latin

Etymology

From dē- +‎ spondeō (“promise solemnly; bond, engage”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /deːsˈpon.de.oː/, [d̪eːs̠ˈpɔn̪d̪eoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /desˈpon.de.o/, [d̪esˈpɔn̪d̪eo]

Verb

dēspondeō (present infinitive dēspondēre, perfect active dēspondī, supine dēspōnsum); second conjugation

1. to promise (to give), pledge, devote to

   Synonyms: voveō, spondeō, ostentō, profiteor, prōmittō, pangō, stipulor, polliceor

2. to promise in marriage, betroth, engage
3. (with predominant idea of removing) to put away from oneself, give up, yield, resign

   Synonyms: dēserō, cēdō, dēcēdō, concēdō, dīmittō, dēdō, abiciō, prōdō

Conjugation

Conjugation of dēspondeō (second conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	dēspondeō	dēspondēs	dēspondet	dēspondēmus	dēspondētis	dēspondent
	imperfect	dēspondēbam	dēspondēbās	dēspondēbat	dēspondēbāmus	dēspondēbātis	dēspondēbant
	future	dēspondēbō	dēspondēbis	dēspondēbit	dēspondēbimus	dēspondēbitis	dēspondēbunt
	perfect	dēspondī	dēspondistī	dēspondit	dēspondimus	dēspondistis	dēspondērunt, dēspondēre
	pluperfect	dēsponderam	dēsponderās	dēsponderat	dēsponderāmus	dēsponderātis	dēsponderant
	future perfect	dēsponderō	dēsponderis	dēsponderit	dēsponderimus	dēsponderitis	dēsponderint
passive	present	dēspondeor	dēspondēris, dēspondēre	dēspondētur	dēspondēmur	dēspondēminī	dēspondentur
	imperfect	dēspondēbar	dēspondēbāris, dēspondēbāre	dēspondēbātur	dēspondēbāmur	dēspondēbāminī	dēspondēbantur
	future	dēspondēbor	dēspondēberis, dēspondēbere	dēspondēbitur	dēspondēbimur	dēspondēbiminī	dēspondēbuntur
	perfect	dēspōnsus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	dēspōnsus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	dēspōnsus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	dēspondeam	dēspondeās	dēspondeat	dēspondeāmus	dēspondeātis	dēspondeant
	imperfect	dēspondērem	dēspondērēs	dēspondēret	dēspondērēmus	dēspondērētis	dēspondērent
	perfect	dēsponderim	dēsponderīs	dēsponderit	dēsponderīmus	dēsponderītis	dēsponderint
	pluperfect	dēspondissem	dēspondissēs	dēspondisset	dēspondissēmus	dēspondissētis	dēspondissent
passive	present	dēspondear	dēspondeāris, dēspondeāre	dēspondeātur	dēspondeāmur	dēspondeāminī	dēspondeantur
	imperfect	dēspondērer	dēspondērēris, dēspondērēre	dēspondērētur	dēspondērēmur	dēspondērēminī	dēspondērentur
	perfect	dēspōnsus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	dēspōnsus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	dēspondē	—	—	dēspondēte	—
	future	—	dēspondētō	dēspondētō	—	dēspondētōte	dēspondentō
passive	present	—	dēspondēre	—	—	dēspondēminī	—
	future	—	dēspondētor	dēspondētor	—	—	dēspondentor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		dēspondēre	dēspondisse	dēspōnsūrum esse	dēspondērī	dēspōnsum esse	dēspōnsum īrī
participles		dēspondēns	—	dēspōnsūrus	—	dēspōnsus	dēspondendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		dēspondendī	dēspondendō	dēspondendum	dēspondendō	dēspōnsum	dēspōnsū

Derived terms

• dēspōnsiō
• dēspōnsor
• dēspōnsus

Related terms

• cōnspondeō
• respondeō
• spondeō

Descendants

• Spanish: desponder

References

• “despondeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “despondeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• despondeo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to betroth one's daughter to some one: filiam alicui despondere
    
  • to betroth oneself, get engaged: sibi (aliquam) despondere (of the man)