English
Etymology
L. nil#Latin|nīl �nothing�, desperandum|d�sp�randum, gerund of desperare|d�sp�r�re �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 d�sp��rænd�m/
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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