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Dictionary entries

  • 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;

    Entry →
    acc. pl. perf. pass. part.
  • sponsus, sponsi:

    Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension

    Frequency:
    Lesser

    = bridegroom; betrothed man;

    Entry →
    acc. pl.
    nom. sg.
  • sponsus, sponsus:

    Masculine · Noun · 4th declension

    Frequency:
    Lesser
    Dictionary:
    Lewis & Short

    = contract; surety; bail; betrothal;

    Entry →
    gen. 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..."

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