Sospita

Translingual

Proper noun

Sospita

1. Synonym of Abisara (“butterfly genus”)

English

Etymology

From Latin Sospita (“One who Saves, Salvatrix, Savior”).

Proper noun

Sospita

1. An epithet of the Roman goddess Juno.

Latin

Etymology

From sospes, sospit- (“saving”) +‎ -a (suffix forming feminine nouns). Compare hospita from hospes.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsos.pi.ta/, [ˈs̠ɔs̠pɪt̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsos.pi.ta/, [ˈsɔspit̪ä]

Proper noun

Sospita f sg (genitive Sospitae); first declension

1. Sospita, an epithet of the Roman goddess Juno.
2. Synonym of salvātrīx, other female saviors.

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Sospita
Genitive	Sospitae
Dative	Sospitae
Accusative	Sospitam
Ablative	Sospitā
Vocative	Sospita

References

• “Sospita”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Sospita in D. P. Simpson, Cassell's Latin Dictionary, Wiley Publishing, 1968