desponderier
Dictionary entries
- Entry →despondeo, despondere, despepondi, desponsus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Inscription
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
betroth, promise (woman) in marriage; pledge, promise; despair/yield/give up;
pres. pass. infin.
Examples
Aulularia
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...malum mecastor. MEG. Eius cupio filiam virginem mihi desponderi. verba ne facias, soror. scio quid dictura es: hanc..."Heauton Timorumenos
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...omnia. et illum aiunt velle uxorem ut, quom desponderis, des qui aurum ac vestem atque alia quae..."