English
Etymology
L. nil#Latin|nÄ«l ‘nothing’, desperandum|dÄ“spÄ“randum, gerund of desperare|dÄ“spÄ“rÄre ‘despair’, as used in Nil desperandum Teucro duce at auspice Teucro ‘no need to despair with Teucer as your leader and Teucer to protect you’, in w:Horace|Horace, Odes.
Pronunciation
IPA|/nɪl dɛspəˈrændəm/
Interjection
en-interjection
- Do not despair.
Latin
Idiom
- nothing to be despaired of
#:Nil desperandum Teucro duce et auspice Teucro (there is nothing to despair about with Teucer as our leader and Teucer as our protector). — Horace, Odes, I.vii.27 (translation Benham's Book of Quotations).
- never despair.
#I am not going to give up. Not for giving up, as in: this is not for giving up on.
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