sponsi
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;
gen. sg. perf. pass. part.gen. sg. perf. pass. part.nom. pl. perf. pass. part.voc. pl. perf. pass. part. - Entry →sponsus, sponsi:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
bridegroom; betrothed man;
gen. sg.loc. sg.nom. pl.voc. pl. - Entry →sponsum, sponsi:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
agreement; consent;
gen. sg.loc. sg. - Entry →sponsus, sponsus:
Masculine · Noun · 4th declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
contract; surety; bail; betrothal;
gen. sg.
Examples
Poems
Gaius Valerius Catullus from Catullus' Poems
"...ventis effluxisse meo forte putes animo, ut missum sponsi furtivo munere malum procurrit casto virginis e gremio, quod..."Metamorphoses V
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...domo soceri semper spectabere nostri, ut mea se sponsi soletur imagine coniunx.' dixit et in partem Phorcynida transtulit..."Amores II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Amores
"...estis teneris apta theatra modis. me legat in sponsi facie non frigida virgo, et rudis ignoto tactus amore..."Liber I
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...portam Capenam fuit, cognitoque super umeros fratris paludamento sponsi quod ipsa confecerat, solvit crines et flebiliter nomine sponsum..."
