sponsum
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;
acc. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. sg.nom. sg. perf. pass. part.voc. sg. perf. pass. part. - Entry →sponsa, sponsae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
bride; betrothed woman;
gen. pl. - Entry →sponsus, sponsi:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
bridegroom; betrothed man;
acc. sg.gen. pl. - Entry →sponsum, sponsi:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
agreement; consent;
acc. sg.gen. pl.nom. sg.voc. sg. - Entry →sponsus, sponsus:
Masculine · Noun · 4th declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
contract; surety; bail; betrothal;
acc. sg.gen. pl.
Examples
Divus Claudius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...Pompeium maioris filiae virum et L. Silanum minoris sponsum. Ex quibus Pompeius in concubitu dilecti adulescentuli confossus..."
Liber Octavus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...tractarem sensu, (pudet heu!) conubia uidi nocte, soror; sponsum unde mihi sopor attulit amens uix notum uisu? semel..."Liber I
Gaius Phaedrus from FABVLARVM AESOPIARVM LIBRI QVINQVE
"...Ovis Cervus et Lupus Fraudator homines cum advocat sponsum improbos,non rem expedire, sed malum ordiri expetit.Ovem rogabat..."Amores I
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Amores
"...subeant tenerae verbera saeva manus; atque eadem sponsum incautos ante atria mittis, unius ut verbi grandia damna ferant..."Liber III
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...filiam armaverit; ubi tollentes corpus semianime virginis sponsum auumque in carcerem duci iusserit, stupro interpellato magis quam caede..."Liber I
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...quod ipsa confecerat, solvit crines et flebiliter nomine sponsum mortuum appellat. movet feroci iuveni animum comploratio sororis..."
