desponderit
Dictionary entries
- Entry →despondeo, despondere, despondi, desponsus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
betroth, promise (woman) in marriage; pledge, promise; despair/yield/give up;
sg. futperf. act. ind. 3rdsg. perf. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
- T
Poenulus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...istuc. AD. Enicas me. * * * 1267a prius quam tibi desponderit. AGOR. Mitto. AD. Sperate, salve. HAN. Condamus alter alterum..." - M
Liber VII
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...paruo scelus hoc uenisse putabunt.cum sibi Tarpeias uictor desponderit arces,cum spe Romanae promiserit omnia praedae,decipitur quod..."