English Explanatory Dictionary

nil desperandum

English dictionary entry

Meanings

intj
  1. Do not despair.

Pronunciation

/nɪl dɛspəˈɹændəm/

Word forms

nil desperandum

Etymology

Latin nīl ‘nothing’, dēspērandum, gerund of dēspērāre ‘despair’, as used in Nil desperandum Teucro duce et auspice Teucro ‘no need to despair with Teucer as your leader and Teucer to protect you’, in Horace, Odes.

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