sponsorum
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. pl. perf. pass. part.gen. pl. perf. pass. part. - Entry →sponsus, sponsi:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
bridegroom; betrothed man;
gen. pl. - Entry →sponsum, sponsi:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
agreement; consent;
gen. pl. - Entry →sponsor, sponsoris:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
one who guarantees the good faith of another; surety;
gen. pl.
Examples
Divus Iulius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...praetura ulteriorem sortitus Hispaniam retinentes creditores interventu sponsorum removit ac neque more neque iure, ante quam provinciae..."Liber III
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...gratum est' inquit; 'crastina die vestra opera utar; sponsorum nunc satis est.' Ita vindicatur Verginia spondentibus propinquis. Appius..."
