spopondi
Dictionary entries
- Entry →spondeo, spondere, spopondi, 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;
sg. perf. act. ind. 1st
Examples
Trinummus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...quas de ratione dehibuisti, redditae? LESB. Nempe quas spopondi. STAS. Immo 'quas dependi' inquito [~qua sponsione pronuper..."Liber I
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...analogia confitetur, si quidem facit "cado" "cecidi", "spondeo" spopondi", "pingo" "pinxi","lego" "legi", "pono" "posui", "frango" "fregi", "laudo..."