English Explanatory Dictionary

abandon hope, all ye who enter here

English dictionary entry

Meanings

phrase
  1. Supposed inscription at the gate of hell.

Word forms

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Etymology

From Dante Alighieri's work Inferno, translated by Henry Francis Cary as “all hope abandon ye who enter here”, from the Italian lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch'intrate. The variant “abandon hope, all ye who enter here”, with a change of meaning, was likely chosen for its iambic pentameter.

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