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dum spiro, spero

[ doom-spee-roh, spey-roh; English duhm-spahy-roh, speer-oh ]

Latin.
  1. while I breathe, I hope: a motto of South Carolina.


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Example Sentences

“Dum spiro, spero,” he says softly, pausing for a moment before translating the Latin.

Additionally, the Greenville lawmaker’s bill would require displaying the state motto, “Dum spiro spero,” on the same posters.

After all, our state motto is Dum spiro spero.

The devices comprising this brass plate are all taken from the state seal, including the mottos Animis Opibusque Parati and Dum Spiro Spero Spes.

Dum spiro, spero�while I breathe, I hope�is young John Henry Johnson's motto.

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