SPERANS, sperans
Sounds Like: SPEH-rahns
Translations: hoping, expecting, trusting, one who hopes, one who expects
From the root: SPERO
Part of Speech: Verb (Participle)
Explanation: SPERANS is the present active participle of the Latin verb SPERO, meaning 'to hope' or 'to expect'. As a participle, it functions as an adjective, describing someone or something that is in the act of hoping or expecting. It can also be used substantively, meaning 'one who hopes' or 'one who expects'. It often implies a sense of anticipation or trust.
Inflection: Present Active Participle, Nominative or Accusative, Singular, All genders
Instances
Josephus' Against Apion
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, SPERO.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- SPERO — to hope, to expect, to trust
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