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.

	singular			plural
	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
• Friulian: sperance
• Istriot: sparansa
• Italian: speranza, sperante
• Old French: esperance
  • Middle French: esperance
    • French: espérance
• Old Galician-Portuguese: asperança
  • Galician: esperanza
  • Portuguese: esperança
• Old Occitan: esperanssa
  • Occitan: esperança
• Old Spanish: esperança
  • Ladino: esperansa
  • Spanish: esperanza
• Romanian: speranță
• Romansch: speranza, spraunza, speronza, sprànza
• Sardinian: isperànscia, isperàntzia, isperàssia, spiràntzia
• Sicilian: spiranza, spranza
• Venetan: speransa