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

to promise (to give), pledge, devote to
Synonyms: voveō, spondeō, ostentō, profiteor, prōmittō, pangō, stipulor, polliceor
to promise in marriage, betroth, engage
(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
indicative		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
subjunctive		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
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	dēspondē		—	—	dēspondēte		—
active	future	—	dēspondētō		dēspondētō	—	dēspondētōte		dēspondentō
passive	present	—	dēspondēre		—	—	dēspondēminī		—
passive	future	—	dēspondētor		dēspondētor	—	—		dēspondentor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		dēspondēre		dēspondērī		dēspondēns		—
future		dēspōnsūrum esse		dēspōnsum īrī		dēspōnsūrus		dēspondendus
perfect		dēspondisse		dēspōnsum esse		—		dēspōnsus
future perfect		—		dēspōnsum fore		—		—
perfect potential		dēspōnsūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		dēspondendī	dēspondendō		dēspondendum	dēspondendō	dēspōnsum		dēspōnsū

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

Italian: dispondere
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)