spondentibus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →spondeo, spondere, spepondi, sponsus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation · Intransitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Government
promise, give pledge/undertaking/surety; contract to give/take in marriage;
abl. pl. pres. act. part.dat. pl. pres. act. part.
Examples
Liber Sextus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...Minyas Argoaque vela canentem. illius et dites monitis spondentibus Indi et centumgeminae Lagea novalia Thebes totaque Rhipaeo Panchaia..."Liber III
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...utar; sponsorum nunc satis est.' Ita vindicatur Verginia spondentibus propinquis. Appius paulisper moratus ne eius rei causa sedisse..."