sponsus
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;
nom. sg. perf. pass. part. - Entry →sponsus, sponsi:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
bridegroom; betrothed man;
nom. sg. - Entry →sponsus, sponsus:
Masculine · Noun · 4th declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
contract; surety; bail; betrothal;
acc. pl.gen. sg.nom. pl.nom. sg.voc. pl.voc. sg.
Examples
- A
Liber IV
Aulus Gellius
"...quae promissa erat, "sponsa" appellabatur, qui spoponderat ducturum, "sponsus". Sed si post eas stipulationis uxor non dabatur..." - D
Satura III
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...matrona laris, non filia virgo, nec ipse sponsus levis adhuc, non filius ante pudicus. horum si nihil..." 
Liber Duodecimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...manifestus in actu, nunc hospes miserae, primas nunc sponsus ad aras, nunc mitis coniunx, nunc iam sub casside..."- T
Liber III
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...unus recusare auderet, P. Numitorius puellae auus et sponsus Icilius interveniunt; dataque inter turbam via, cum multitudo Icili..." - P
Liber XII
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...Vitellius censet; despondeturque Octavia, ac super priorem necessitudinem sponsus iam et gener Domitius aequari Britannico studiis matris, arte..."