speculum, ī [*speciō], n., a looking-glass, mirror (usually of metal).

[spernō, ere, sprēvī, sprētus], to set aside, despise, scorn.

ab—āspernor, ārī, ātus sum, to disdain, despise, scorn.

[spērō, āre, āvī, ātus] [spēs], to hope (for), look for, expect.

dē—dēspērō, āre, āvī, ātus, to lose hope, despair, despair of.

spēs, speī, f., hope, expectation; promise.

spīritus, ūs [spīrō], m., breath; disposition, lofty spirit, ambition, pride.

[spīrō, āre, āvī, ātus], to breathe.

ex—exspīrō, āre, āvī, ātus, to breathe out; die, expire (sc. animam).

re—respīrō, āre, āvī, ātum, to breathe back or out, breathe (again); intrans., to recover breath, revive.