Speratus

== Latin == === Etymology === From spērātus (“hoped, awaited”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [speːˈraː.tʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [speˈraː.tus] === Proper noun === Spērātus m sg (genitive Spērātī); second declension A Roman cognomen — famously held by: Julius Speratus, a Roman writer ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, singular only. === References === “Speratus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.