spes.
hope/anticipation/expectation; prospect/hope/promise; (inheriting/succeeding); object/embodiment of hope; [optio ad ~ => junior hoping to make centurion];
Meaning & usage
hope (belief or expectation that something wished for can or will happen)
Dum anima est, spēs est.
expectation, anticipation
apprehension
Where this word comes from
From Proto-Italic *spēs, from Proto-Indo-European *spéh₁s (“prosperity”), from *speh₁- (“to succeed, prosper”).
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