spondeus

English

Noun

spondeus (plural spondei)

1. Archaic form of spondee.

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Latin

Alternative forms

• spondēos
• spondīus

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σπονδεῖος (spondeîos, “spondee”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /sponˈdeː.us/, [s̠pɔn̪ˈd̪eːʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /sponˈde.us/, [spon̪ˈd̪ɛːus]

Noun

spondēus m (genitive spondēī); second declension

1. spondee

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	spondēus	spondēī
Genitive	spondēī	spondēōrum
Dative	spondēō	spondēīs
Accusative	spondēum	spondēōs
Ablative	spondēō	spondēīs
Vocative	spondēe	spondēī

Descendants

• English: spondee
• French: spondée
• German: Spondeus
• Italian: spondeo
• Spanish: espondeo

References

• “spondeus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “spondeus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• spondeus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.