a+betrothed+bride

dē-stĭno, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [obs. stanare; a particip. stem from root STA, v. sto; and cf.: dono, digno, etc., Corss. 2, 416], to make fast, make firm, bind (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. sense—for syn. cf.: decerno, scisco, statuo, jubeo, constituo, sancio, definio).

Lit.:

antemnas ad malos,

Caes. B. G. 3, 14, 6:

rates ancoris,

id. B. C. 1, 25, 7:

falces (laqueis),

id. B. G. 7, 22, 2:

arcas,

Vitr. 5, 12, 3; dub., v. destina.—

Trop., to establish, determine, resolve, consider; to design, intend, devote, destine; to appoint, choose, elect (syn.: definire, describere, designare, etc.).

In gen. (in Livy freq. connected with animis, v. the foll.).

With double acc.:

aliquem consulem,

Liv. 10, 22; cf. Tac. A. 1, 3:

Papirium parem destinant animis Magno Alexandro ducem, si, etc.,

Liv. 9, 16 fin.; cf.:

animis auctorem caedis,

id. 33, 28:

aliquem regem,

Just. 42, 4, 14 et saep.—

With inf. or a clause:

infectis iis, quae agere destinaverat,

Caes. B. C. 1, 33 fin.; cf. Suet. Caes. 84; id. Aug. 53 al.:

potiorem populi Romani quam regis Persei amicitiam habere,

Liv. 43, 7; 7, 33; Quint. 5, 1, 3; Phaedr. 4, 27, 1; Ov. M. 8, 157 al.—

With dat.:

sibi aliquid,

i. e. to intend purchasing, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 113; Cic. Fam. 7, 23, 3:

operi destinati possent,

Caes. B. G. 7, 72, 2:

aliquem foro,

Quint. 2, 8, 8:

me arae,

Verg. A 2, 129:

diem necis alicui,

Cic. Off. 3, 10, 45:

domos publicis usibus,

Vell. 2, 81 fin.: quod signum cuique loco, Quint. 11, 2, 29:

Anticyram omnem illis,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 83:

cados tibi,

id. Od. 2, 7, 20 et saep.—

With ad:

tempore locoque ad certamen destinatis,

Liv. 33, 37:

aliquem ad mortem,

id. 2, 54:

consilia ad bellum,

id. 42, 48:

materiam ad scribendum,

Quint. 5, 10, 9 al.:

ad omne obsequium destinati,

Curt. 5, 28, 5.—

With in:

saxo aurove in aliud destinato,

Tac. H. 4, 53 fin.:

legati in provinciam destinati,

Dig. 5, 1, 2:

noctem proximam in fugam,

Amm. 29, 6.—

In partic.

In the lang. of archers, slingers, etc., to fix upon as a mark, to aim at ( = designare scopum):

locum oris,

Liv. 38, 29, 7; so id. 21, 54, 6.— Transf.:

sagittas,

to shoot at the mark, Aur. Vict. Caes. 42.—

In the lang. of trade: sibi aliquid, to fix upon for one's self, to intend to buy:

minis triginta sibi puellam destinat,

Plaut. Rud. prol. 45; id. Most. 3, 1, 113; id. Pers. 4, 3, 72; Lucil. ap. Non. 289, 31; Cic. Fam. 7, 23, 3 al.— Hence, dēstĭnātus, a, um, destined, fixed (syn.: fixus, certus).

Adj.:

certis quibusdam destinatisque sententiis quasi addicti,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 2, 5:

ad horam mortis destinatam,

id. ib. 5, 22, 63:

si hoc bene fixum omnibus destinatumque in animo est,

Liv. 21, 44 fin.:

persona (coupled with certus),

Quint. 3, 6, 57; cf. Cic. Rep. 4, 3.—Destinatum est alicui, with inf. = certum est, it is one's decision, will; he has determined, Liv. 6, 6, 7; Suet. Tib. 13; Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 5 al.—

Subst.

dēstĭnāta, ae, f., = sponsa, a betrothed female, bride, Suet. Caes. 27; cf. Plin. Ep. 5, 16, 6.—

dēs-tĭnātum, i, n.

A mark or aim, Liv. 38, 26 fin.; Curt. 7, 5 fin. —

An intended, determined object, design, intention:

neque tuis neque Liviae destinatis adversabor,

Tac. A. 4, 40 fin.; cf.:

destinata retinens,

id. ib. 6, 32; so id. H. 4, 18:

antequam destinata componam,

the intended narration, id. ib. 1, 4:

ad destinatum persequor,

the goal of life, Vulg. Philip. 3, 14: destinata dare, the intentions, dispositions of a will, Phaedr. 4, 5, 27; so,

ex destinato,

adv., designedly, intentionally, Sen. Clem. 1, 6; id. Ben. 6, 10 fin.; Suet. Cal. 43;

and in a like sense merely destinato,

Suet. Caes. 60.— dēstĭ-nātē, adv. (perh. only in Ammianus), resolutely, obstinately:

certare,

Amm. 18, 2.— Comp., id. 20, 4; 7; 23, 1; 27, 3.

spēro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.

To hope (something desirable), to look for, trust, expect; to promise or flatter one's self (the predom. signif. of the word; syn.: confido, exspecto).

Absol.: spero, si speres quicquam prodesse potes sunt, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 333 Müll. (Ann. v. 410 Vahl.):

quoad Pompeius in Italiā fuit, sperare non destiti,

Cic. Att. 9, 10, 3:

sperat animus,

Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 36:

ut neque accusator timere neque reus sperare debuerit,

Cic. Clu. 7, 20:

jubes bene sperare et bono esse animo,

id. Deiot. 14, 38:

Attica nostra quid agat, scire cupio: etsi tuae litterae recte sperare jubent,

id. Att. 13, 17:

tu jam, ut spero et ut promittis, aderis,

id. ib. 16, 3, 4:

omnia experiar et, ut spero, assequar... Sed, ut spero, valebis,

id. ib. 7, 2, 6:

ut mihi detis hanc veniam accommodatam huic reo, vobis, quemadmodum spero, non molestam,

id. Arch. 2, 3:

Argyrippus exorari spero poterit, ut sinat, etc.,

Plaut. As. 5, 2, 67; cf.: Ch. Non usus veniet, spero. Sy. Spero hercle ego quoque, Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 42:

interea fiet aliquid, spero,

id. And. 2, 1, 14: salvus sit;

spero,

id. Ad. 3, 3, 57.—

With acc.:

his omnibus victoriam sperantibus pacis nomen adferemus,

Cic. Phil. 12, 5, 10:

consulatum,

id. ib. 12, 6, 14:

gloriam sperabit a latronum gregibus,

id. ib. 12, 10, 26: magis adversos rerum exitus metuens quam sperans secundos, id. Fam. 6, 14, 1:

id ego et speraram prudentiā tuā fretus, et, ut confiderem, fecerunt tuae litterae,

id. ib. 12, 18: a quo nihil speres boni rei publicae, quia non vult;

nihil metuas mali, quia non audet,

id. Att. 1, 13, 2:

a quo genere hominum victoriam sperasset,

Caes. B. C. 3, 96 fin.:

omnia ex victoriā et ex suā liberalitate sperarent,

id. ib. 3, 6; cf. id. ib. 3, 60:

quibus (tormentis) ipsi magna speravissent,

id. ib. 2, 16 fin.:

spero meliora,

Cic. Att. 14, 16, 3:

aliquid sibi,

id. Tusc. 1, 36, 86; Sall. C. 37, 6:

bona alicuius,

Cic. Phil. 11, 6, 13:

hoc sperans, ut, etc.,

Caes. B. C. 3, 85:

sperare victoriam ab aliquo,

id. B. C. 3, 96: quod sapienter speravimus, perseveranter consectari, have expected, Col. praef. §

29: sperata gloria (opp. parta),

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 15; Liv. 28, 41, 6:

sperata praeda,

Caes. B. G. 6, 8:

spem speratam quom optulisti,

Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 2:

civitatem optandam magis quam sperandam quam minimam posuit,

Cic. Rep. 2, 30, 52; Liv. 4, 15, 5:

exitum malis sperare,

Sall. C. 40, 2:

amicitiam, regnum,

id. J. 24, 5:

mortem honestam,

id. H. 2, 41, 2 Dietsch:

salutem,

id. C. 58, 16:

spes,

Curt. 5, 10, 1:

mali poenam, Lact. de Ira, 16, 8: perpetuam felicitatem,

Suet. Aug. 94; id. Vesp. 12; Sen. Ira, 3, 31, 2; Just. 21, 2, 5:

sperat infestis, metuit secundis Alteram sortem bene praeparatum Pectus,

Hor. C. 2, 10, 13:

grata superveniat, quae non sperabitur hora,

id. Ep. 1, 4, 14 et saep.: dis sum fretus, deos sperabimus, we will hope or trust in the gods, Plaut. Cas. 2, 5, 38; cf. id. Mil. 4, 5, 10; id. Cist. 2, 3, 52.—

With obj.-clause (so most freq.; usually with inf. fut.; less freq. but class. with inf. pres. or perf.).—With inf. fut.:

ego me confido liberum fore, tu te numquam speras,

Plaut. Pers. 2, 4, 15; Cic. Rep. 1, 20, 33:

ex quibus sperant se maximum fructum esse capturos,

id. Lael. 21, 79:

quod amicitiae nostrae memoriam spero sempiternam fore, etc.,

id. ib. 4, 15:

tu fac animo forti magnoque sis, speresque fore, ut, etc.,

id. Fam. 1, 5, 6 fin.; cf.:

spero fore, ut contingat id nobis,

id. Tusc. 1, 34, 82 et saep.— With inf. pres.:

qui istoc te speras modo Potesse dissimulando infectum hoc reddere,

Plaut. Most. 4, 3, 22:

spero me habere, qui hunc excruciem,

Ter. Eun. 5, 3, 11:

sperat se a me avellere,

id. ib. 3, 3, 14:

totius Galliae sese potiri posse sperant,

Caes. B. G. 1, 3:

spero, quae tua prudentia est, et hercule, ut me jubet Acastus, confido te jam, ut volumus, valere,

Cic. Att. 6, 9, 1:

sperabam tuum adventum appropinquare,

id. Fam. 4, 6, 3:

speremus, nostrum nomen volitare et vagari latissime,

id. Rep. 1, 17, 26:

spero te mihi ignoscere, si, etc.,

id. Fam. 1, 6, 2:

spero esse, ut volumus,

id. Att. 12, 6 b, 4:

ita quiddam spero nobis profici, cum, etc.,

id. ib. 1, 1; Sall. H. 4, 61, 2 Dietsch:

speramus carmina fingi posse,

Hor. A. P. 331: neque ego hanc abscondere furto Speravi, ne finge, fugam, I did not hope or expect, Verg. A. 4, 338.—So esp. when used like Engl. hope, in the sense trust, believe:

spero nostram amicitiam non egere testibus,

Cic. Fam. 2, 2:

id enim deos immortalis spero aequissimum judicare,

id. Phil. 11, 15, 39; cf. infra, II. fin. —With inf. perf.:

speravi miser Ex servitute me exemisse filium,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 99:

me ejus spero fratrem propemodum Jam repperisse,

Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 123:

sperabam jam defervisse adulescentiam,

id. Ad. 1, 2, 72: spero tibi me causam probasse;

cupio quidem certe,

Cic. Att. 1, 1, 4:

spero cum Crassipede nos confecisse,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 4, 2:

et tum mirifice sperabat se esse locutum,

Cat. 84, 3:

sperasse libertatem se civium suorum emisse,

Liv. 4, 15, 6:

sperabam ita notata me reliquisse genera, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 7, 32, 1; id. Att. 2, 21, 2; 10, 7, 3. —Ellipt.:

qui semper vacuam, semper amabilem Sperat (sc. te fore),

Hor. C. 1, 5, 11.—

With ut and subj.:

quoniam, ut salvum vellent tyrannum, sperare non poterat,

Liv. 34, 27, 3:

ut patiatur... nec sperandum ulli nec concupiscendum est,

Sen. ad Polyb. 18, 6; Just. 5, 3, 3.—() In a Greek construction, with fut. part.:

visura et quamvis numquam speraret Ulixen, etc. (for se visuram esse),

Prop. 2, 9, 7 Paley ad loc.—

With de (very rare):

neque de otio nostro spero jam,

Cic. Att. 9, 7, 5; id. Verr. 2, 1, 2, § 6: de eo bene sperare (with obj.clause, cf. g supra), Nep. Milt. 1, 1.—

To look for, expect, apprehend that which is undesired, elpizô (rare, and mostly poet.;

in Cic. only with non, and ironically): nam quod tu speres, propulsabo facile,

Ter. And. 2, 3, 21:

mihi non hoc miserae sperare jubebas, Sed conubia laeta,

Cat. 64, 140:

haec merui sperare? dabis mihi, perfida, poenas,

Prop. 2, 5, 3:

hunc ego si potui tantum sperare dolorem, Et perferre, soror, potero,

Verg. A. 4, 419 (cf. Quint. 8, 2, 3); cf. Flor. 3, 1, 1:

haec adeo ex illo mihi jam speranda fuerunt Tempore, cum, etc.,

Verg. A. 11, 275:

mene efferre pedem, genitor, te posse relicto Sperasti?

id. ib. 2, 658; cf. Suet. Caes. 60:

si genus humanum et mortalia temnitis arma, At sperate deos memores fandi atque nefandi,

expect, fear, Verg. A. 1, 543:

exstinguine mea Speravi te posse manu,

Val. Fl. 3, 295:

aliquod in Africā bellum,

Flor. 3, 1, 1:

jam quartanam sperantibus aegris,

Juv. 4, 57.—With a negative particle: Sc. Moneo ego te: te deseret ille aetate et satietate. Ph. Non spero. Sc. Insperata accidunt magis saepe quam quae speres, Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 40: id quod non spero, Afran ap. Charis. p. 195 P.:

sin a vobis, id quod non spero, deserar,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 4, 10: te tam mobili in me meosque esse animo non sperabam, Q. Metell. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 1, 2:

non speravi te sequi,

Stat. Th. 6, 139.—Ironically:

quoniam haec satis spero vobis molesta videri,

Cic. de Or. 3, 13, 51.—Hence, spērātus, a, um, P. a., that is hoped or longed for; as subst.: spērātus, i, m.; spērāta, ae, f., a betrothed, intended, a lover; a bride (ante- and post-class.): curre et nuntia Venire me et mecum speratum adducere, Afran. ap. Non. 174, 31:

sperata, salve,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 97; so, sperata, id. Fragm. ap. Varr. L. L. 6, 7, 71; Afran. ap. Non. 174, 33; Arn. 4, 140; Hyg. Fab. 31; 33.—Once also of a wife not seen for a long time:

Amphitruo uxorem salutat laetus speratam suam,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 53.

spēro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.

To hope (something desirable), to look for, trust, expect; to promise or flatter one's self (the predom. signif. of the word; syn.: confido, exspecto).

Absol.: spero, si speres quicquam prodesse potes sunt, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 333 Müll. (Ann. v. 410 Vahl.):

quoad Pompeius in Italiā fuit, sperare non destiti,

Cic. Att. 9, 10, 3:

sperat animus,

Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 36:

ut neque accusator timere neque reus sperare debuerit,

Cic. Clu. 7, 20:

jubes bene sperare et bono esse animo,

id. Deiot. 14, 38:

Attica nostra quid agat, scire cupio: etsi tuae litterae recte sperare jubent,

id. Att. 13, 17:

tu jam, ut spero et ut promittis, aderis,

id. ib. 16, 3, 4:

omnia experiar et, ut spero, assequar... Sed, ut spero, valebis,

id. ib. 7, 2, 6:

ut mihi detis hanc veniam accommodatam huic reo, vobis, quemadmodum spero, non molestam,

id. Arch. 2, 3:

Argyrippus exorari spero poterit, ut sinat, etc.,

Plaut. As. 5, 2, 67; cf.: Ch. Non usus veniet, spero. Sy. Spero hercle ego quoque, Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 42:

interea fiet aliquid, spero,

id. And. 2, 1, 14: salvus sit;

spero,

id. Ad. 3, 3, 57.—

With acc.:

his omnibus victoriam sperantibus pacis nomen adferemus,

Cic. Phil. 12, 5, 10:

consulatum,

id. ib. 12, 6, 14:

gloriam sperabit a latronum gregibus,

id. ib. 12, 10, 26: magis adversos rerum exitus metuens quam sperans secundos, id. Fam. 6, 14, 1:

id ego et speraram prudentiā tuā fretus, et, ut confiderem, fecerunt tuae litterae,

id. ib. 12, 18: a quo nihil speres boni rei publicae, quia non vult;

nihil metuas mali, quia non audet,

id. Att. 1, 13, 2:

a quo genere hominum victoriam sperasset,

Caes. B. C. 3, 96 fin.:

omnia ex victoriā et ex suā liberalitate sperarent,

id. ib. 3, 6; cf. id. ib. 3, 60:

quibus (tormentis) ipsi magna speravissent,

id. ib. 2, 16 fin.:

spero meliora,

Cic. Att. 14, 16, 3:

aliquid sibi,

id. Tusc. 1, 36, 86; Sall. C. 37, 6:

bona alicuius,

Cic. Phil. 11, 6, 13:

hoc sperans, ut, etc.,

Caes. B. C. 3, 85:

sperare victoriam ab aliquo,

id. B. C. 3, 96: quod sapienter speravimus, perseveranter consectari, have expected, Col. praef. §

29: sperata gloria (opp. parta),

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 15; Liv. 28, 41, 6:

sperata praeda,

Caes. B. G. 6, 8:

spem speratam quom optulisti,

Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 2:

civitatem optandam magis quam sperandam quam minimam posuit,

Cic. Rep. 2, 30, 52; Liv. 4, 15, 5:

exitum malis sperare,

Sall. C. 40, 2:

amicitiam, regnum,

id. J. 24, 5:

mortem honestam,

id. H. 2, 41, 2 Dietsch:

salutem,

id. C. 58, 16:

spes,

Curt. 5, 10, 1:

mali poenam, Lact. de Ira, 16, 8: perpetuam felicitatem,

Suet. Aug. 94; id. Vesp. 12; Sen. Ira, 3, 31, 2; Just. 21, 2, 5:

sperat infestis, metuit secundis Alteram sortem bene praeparatum Pectus,

Hor. C. 2, 10, 13:

grata superveniat, quae non sperabitur hora,

id. Ep. 1, 4, 14 et saep.: dis sum fretus, deos sperabimus, we will hope or trust in the gods, Plaut. Cas. 2, 5, 38; cf. id. Mil. 4, 5, 10; id. Cist. 2, 3, 52.—

With obj.-clause (so most freq.; usually with inf. fut.; less freq. but class. with inf. pres. or perf.).—With inf. fut.:

ego me confido liberum fore, tu te numquam speras,

Plaut. Pers. 2, 4, 15; Cic. Rep. 1, 20, 33:

ex quibus sperant se maximum fructum esse capturos,

id. Lael. 21, 79:

quod amicitiae nostrae memoriam spero sempiternam fore, etc.,

id. ib. 4, 15:

tu fac animo forti magnoque sis, speresque fore, ut, etc.,

id. Fam. 1, 5, 6 fin.; cf.:

spero fore, ut contingat id nobis,

id. Tusc. 1, 34, 82 et saep.— With inf. pres.:

qui istoc te speras modo Potesse dissimulando infectum hoc reddere,

Plaut. Most. 4, 3, 22:

spero me habere, qui hunc excruciem,

Ter. Eun. 5, 3, 11:

sperat se a me avellere,

id. ib. 3, 3, 14:

totius Galliae sese potiri posse sperant,

Caes. B. G. 1, 3:

spero, quae tua prudentia est, et hercule, ut me jubet Acastus, confido te jam, ut volumus, valere,

Cic. Att. 6, 9, 1:

sperabam tuum adventum appropinquare,

id. Fam. 4, 6, 3:

speremus, nostrum nomen volitare et vagari latissime,

id. Rep. 1, 17, 26:

spero te mihi ignoscere, si, etc.,

id. Fam. 1, 6, 2:

spero esse, ut volumus,

id. Att. 12, 6 b, 4:

ita quiddam spero nobis profici, cum, etc.,

id. ib. 1, 1; Sall. H. 4, 61, 2 Dietsch:

speramus carmina fingi posse,

Hor. A. P. 331: neque ego hanc abscondere furto Speravi, ne finge, fugam, I did not hope or expect, Verg. A. 4, 338.—So esp. when used like Engl. hope, in the sense trust, believe:

spero nostram amicitiam non egere testibus,

Cic. Fam. 2, 2:

id enim deos immortalis spero aequissimum judicare,

id. Phil. 11, 15, 39; cf. infra, II. fin. —With inf. perf.:

speravi miser Ex servitute me exemisse filium,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 99:

me ejus spero fratrem propemodum Jam repperisse,

Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 123:

sperabam jam defervisse adulescentiam,

id. Ad. 1, 2, 72: spero tibi me causam probasse;

cupio quidem certe,

Cic. Att. 1, 1, 4:

spero cum Crassipede nos confecisse,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 4, 2:

et tum mirifice sperabat se esse locutum,

Cat. 84, 3:

sperasse libertatem se civium suorum emisse,

Liv. 4, 15, 6:

sperabam ita notata me reliquisse genera, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 7, 32, 1; id. Att. 2, 21, 2; 10, 7, 3. —Ellipt.:

qui semper vacuam, semper amabilem Sperat (sc. te fore),

Hor. C. 1, 5, 11.—

With ut and subj.:

quoniam, ut salvum vellent tyrannum, sperare non poterat,

Liv. 34, 27, 3:

ut patiatur... nec sperandum ulli nec concupiscendum est,

Sen. ad Polyb. 18, 6; Just. 5, 3, 3.—() In a Greek construction, with fut. part.:

visura et quamvis numquam speraret Ulixen, etc. (for se visuram esse),

Prop. 2, 9, 7 Paley ad loc.—

With de (very rare):

neque de otio nostro spero jam,

Cic. Att. 9, 7, 5; id. Verr. 2, 1, 2, § 6: de eo bene sperare (with obj.clause, cf. g supra), Nep. Milt. 1, 1.—

To look for, expect, apprehend that which is undesired, elpizô (rare, and mostly poet.;

in Cic. only with non, and ironically): nam quod tu speres, propulsabo facile,

Ter. And. 2, 3, 21:

mihi non hoc miserae sperare jubebas, Sed conubia laeta,

Cat. 64, 140:

haec merui sperare? dabis mihi, perfida, poenas,

Prop. 2, 5, 3:

hunc ego si potui tantum sperare dolorem, Et perferre, soror, potero,

Verg. A. 4, 419 (cf. Quint. 8, 2, 3); cf. Flor. 3, 1, 1:

haec adeo ex illo mihi jam speranda fuerunt Tempore, cum, etc.,

Verg. A. 11, 275:

mene efferre pedem, genitor, te posse relicto Sperasti?

id. ib. 2, 658; cf. Suet. Caes. 60:

si genus humanum et mortalia temnitis arma, At sperate deos memores fandi atque nefandi,

expect, fear, Verg. A. 1, 543:

exstinguine mea Speravi te posse manu,

Val. Fl. 3, 295:

aliquod in Africā bellum,

Flor. 3, 1, 1:

jam quartanam sperantibus aegris,

Juv. 4, 57.—With a negative particle: Sc. Moneo ego te: te deseret ille aetate et satietate. Ph. Non spero. Sc. Insperata accidunt magis saepe quam quae speres, Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 40: id quod non spero, Afran ap. Charis. p. 195 P.:

sin a vobis, id quod non spero, deserar,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 4, 10: te tam mobili in me meosque esse animo non sperabam, Q. Metell. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 1, 2:

non speravi te sequi,

Stat. Th. 6, 139.—Ironically:

quoniam haec satis spero vobis molesta videri,

Cic. de Or. 3, 13, 51.—Hence, spērātus, a, um, P. a., that is hoped or longed for; as subst.: spērātus, i, m.; spērāta, ae, f., a betrothed, intended, a lover; a bride (ante- and post-class.): curre et nuntia Venire me et mecum speratum adducere, Afran. ap. Non. 174, 31:

sperata, salve,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 97; so, sperata, id. Fragm. ap. Varr. L. L. 6, 7, 71; Afran. ap. Non. 174, 33; Arn. 4, 140; Hyg. Fab. 31; 33.—Once also of a wife not seen for a long time:

Amphitruo uxorem salutat laetus speratam suam,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 53.

τᾶλις, ιδος, ἡ,

A marriageable maiden, S.Ant. 629 (anap.), Call.Aet. 3.1.3. ([dialect] Aeol. word acc. to Sch.S.l.c.: also, betrothed maiden, married woman, and bride, acc. to Hsch.)

ἑδν-ωτή, ἡ,

A bride betrothed for ἕδνα, Hsch.

bride

moll

girlfriend

bird Br. coll.

ugs. [Mädchen]

chick sl.

1. betrothed

2. fiancée

μνάομαι (fr. μιμνῄσκω in the sense ‘woo’ [so DELG and Frisk s.v. the latter, and LfgrE s.v. μνάομαι] via special development of the primary sense of μνάομαι ‘be mindful of’, which does not appear in our lit.; for other derivations s. lit. cited in Frisk II 240f and LfgrE III 232; cp. Hom. μνηστήρ ‘suitor’; since Hom., also Philo) woo, court for one’s bride pf. ptc. μεμνησμένη of the woman engaged, betrothed Lk 1:27 D.