sperans

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of spērō (“hope”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈspeː.rans/, [ˈs̠peːrä̃ːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈspe.rans/, [ˈspɛːräns]

Participle

spērāns (genitive spērantis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. hoping, expecting
2. awaiting
3. fearing
4. assuming

Declension

Third-declension participle.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	spērāns			spērantēs	spērantia
Genitive	spērantis			spērantium
Dative	spērantī			spērantibus
Accusative	spērantem	spērāns		spērantēs spērantīs	spērantia
Ablative	spērante spērantī1			spērantibus
Vocative	spērāns			spērantēs	spērantia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

Descendants

• Albanian: shpresë
• Asturian: esperanza
• Catalan: esperança
• Corsican: spiranza, spranza
• English: esperance
• French: espérance
• Friulian: sperance
• Galician: esperança
• Istriot: sparansa
• Italian: speranza, sperante
• Occitan: esperança
• Portuguese: esperança
• Romanian: speranță
• Romansch: speranza, spraunza, speronza, sprànza
• Sardinian: isperànscia, isperàntzia, isperàssia, spiràntzia
• Sicilian: spiranza, spranza
• Spanish: esperanza
• Venetian: speransa