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desperationem

desperationem is a Latin form of desperatio, meaning “despair”. It is the accusative singular feminine noun.

Found 30 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 8.43.5: Quo facto repente perennis exaruit fons tantamque attulit oppidanis salutis desperationem, ut id non hominum consilio, sed deorum voluntate factum putarent. Itaque se necessitate coacti tradiderunt.

All forms of desperatio (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.