sponso
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.abl. sg. perf. pass. part.dat. sg. perf. pass. part.dat. sg. 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. ind. 1st - Entry →sponsus, sponsi:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
bridegroom; betrothed man;
abl. sg.dat. sg. - Entry →sponsum, sponsi:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
agreement; consent;
abl. sg.dat. sg.
Examples
- L
Medea
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...regiae stirpi date. Num peius aliquid? quod precer sponso malum? uiuat; per urbes erret ignotas egens exul pauens..." - G
Divus Claudius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...praetura functi sustinverant. Triumphalia ornamenta Silano, filiae suae sponso, nondum puberi dedit, maioribus vero natu tam multis tamque..." - G
Divus Iulius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...uxorem suamque, Iuliam, Gnaeo Pompeio conlocavit repudiato priore sponso Servilio Caepione, cuius vel praecipua opera paulo ante Bibulum..." - P
Amores II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Amores
"...pudor, quale coloratum Tithoni coniuge caelum subrubet, aut sponso visa puella novo; quale rosae fulgent inter sua lilia..."
