ex-spes (expes), adj. (only in the nom. sing.),
I without hope , hopeless (poet. and in Tac.).
α With gen.: exspes liberūm, Att. ap. Non. 12, 7: vitae, Tac. A. 6, 24.—
β Absol. : solus, inops, exspes, Ov. M. 14, 217: si fractis enatat exspes Navibus, Hor. A. P. 20.