sponsa
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. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. pl. perf. pass. part.nom. sg. perf. pass. part.nom. pl. perf. pass. part.voc. sg. perf. pass. part.voc. pl. perf. pass. part. - Entry →sponso, sponsare, sponsavi, sponsatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
become betrothed/engaged to marry (woman); espouse, affiance (L+S);
sg. pres. act. imp. 2nd - Entry →sponsa, sponsae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
bride; betrothed woman;
abl. sg.nom. sg.voc. sg. - Entry →sponsum, sponsi:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
agreement; consent;
acc. pl.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
- T
Poenulus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...ulciscar probe, nam faxo— mea eris sponsa. HAN. Ite in ius, ne moramini. antestare me atque duce. AGOR..." - T
Cistellaria
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...volo. MEL. Eo facetu's quia tibi aliast sponsa locuples Lemnia. habeas. neque nos factione tanta quanta..." - P
Heauton Timorumenos
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...nuntiasti filio, continuo iniecisse verba tibi Dromonem scilicet, sponsae vestem aurum atque ancillas opus esse: argentum ut dares..." - P
Andria
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...porro intellegas. pro Iuppiter! MY. quid est? DA. sponsae pater intervenit. repudio quod consilium primum intenderam. MY. nescio..." - A
Liber IV
Aulus Gellius
"...stipulationum sponsionumque dicebatur "sponsalia". Tunc, quae promissa erat, "sponsa" appellabatur, qui spoponderat ducturum, "sponsus". Sed si post..." - A
Liber I
Aulus Gellius
"...sacris faciundis aut septemvirum epulonum aut Salius est. Sponsae quoque pontificis et tubicinis sacrorum filiae vacatio a sacerdotio..." - D
Satura I
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...caprum. quem patitur dormire nurus corruptor auarae, quem sponsae turpes et praetextatus adulter? si natura negat, facit indignatio..." - T
Truculentus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...Scio equidem sponsam tibi esse et filium ex sponsa tua et tibi uxorem ducendam, [iam] esse alibi..."
