When we approach the verge of the grave it is more eminently true; Vitae summa brevis spem nos vetat inchoare longam.
At Livy I 46 2 the word is used without the conative sense: 'neque ea res Tarquinio spem adfectandi regni minuit'.
Spem pretio non emo=--I do not give money for mere hopes.
Ego spempretio non emo=--I do not purchase 10 hope with money, i.
Exultauimus, & quodammodo animum nobis crescere, & in maius sensimus euehi dum vestra promissio, in qua nobis spem dedistis in disponendis.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "spem" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
