desponsae
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;
dat. sg. perf. pass. part.gen. sg. perf. pass. part.nom. pl. perf. pass. part.voc. pl. perf. pass. part.
Examples
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Agamemnon
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...tangere funes. hinc aequaeui gregis Astyanax, hinc Haemonio desponsa rogo ducunt turmas, haec femineas, ille uiriles. festae matres..." 
Liber Decimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...modis mixtoque incenditur auro. ipsa illic magni thalamo desponsa Tonantis, expers conubii et timide positura sororem, lumine demisso..."Liber Quintus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...mecum obliquumque a patre genus), fortemque, timebam quem desponsa, Gyan uidi lapsare cruentae uulnere Myrmidones, quodque inter serta..."- G
Poems
Gaius Valerius Catullus from Catullus' Poems
"...Hymenaee! Hespere, quis caelo lucet iucundior ignis? qui desponsa tua firmes conubia flamma, quae pepigere viri, pepigerunt ante..." - T
Liber XXXVIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...Illud parum constat, utrum post mortem patris et desponsa sit et nupserit, an uerae illae opiniones sint, Gracchum..." - T
Liber I
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...spolia prae se gerens; cui soror virgo, quae desponsa, uni ex Curiatiis fuerat, obvia ante portam Capenam fuit..."