Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

abandon hope, all ye who enter here

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.76 in modern English

Syllables: aban-don hope, al-l ye who en-ter here
IPA

48

Scrabble Score

28

Letters

4

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

phrase

Supposed inscription at the gate of hell.

Example Sentences

"“Abandon hope, all ye who enter here,” was by no means written above its gateways."
"A sincere desire to render our Republican friends—a majority of whom we love—a real service and save them real money impels us to warn them that if their high command sends national funds to West Virginia for campaign purposes in 1952, the bearers of their money bags will find at the border line of the State ominous warning signs such as Dante saw above the entrance to the inferno, “Abandon hope, all ye who enter here.”"
"It seems to me that it might as well have a sign on the door, saying ‘Abandon hope, all ye who enter here.’ If I go there, I know I’ll be buying a one-way ticket."
"A decent and free society, founded in respect for the individual, ought not to run a system with a sign at the entrance for inmates saying, "Abandon Hope, All Ye Who Enter Here.""
""Abandon hope, all ye who enter here," the plaque on the Frolic Room door says."
"Visitors enter through a set of huge wrought-iron gates decorated with basalt statues writhing in agony and the famous phrase ABANDON HOPE, ALL YE WHO ENTER HERE."

Etymology

From Dante Alighieri's work Inferno, translated by Henry Francis Cary as “all hope abandon ye who enter here”, from the Italian lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch'intrate. The variant “abandon hope, all ye who enter here”, with a change of meaning, was likely chosen for its iambic pentameter.

Origin

Source language: Italian

Word Breakdown

Root: lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch'intrate

Inflected Forms

abandon hope (alternative) abandon all hope, ye who enter here (alternative) abandon all hope ye who enter here (alternative) abandon hope all ye who enter here (alternative) all hope abandon, ye who enter here (alternative) all hope abandon ye who enter here (alternative)

Questions

What does abandon hope, all ye who enter here mean?: Supposed inscription at the gate of hell.
Where does abandon hope, all ye who enter here come from?: It is traced to Italian.

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