conspondeo

Latin

Etymology

From con- +‎ spondeō (“promise”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kõːˈspɔn.de.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [konˈspɔn.de.o]

Verb

cōnspondeō (present infinitive cōnspondēre, perfect active cōnspondī, supine cōnspōnsum); second conjugation, no passive

1. to engage or promise something mutually

Conjugation

• This verb has only limited passive conjugation; only third-person passive forms are attested in surviving sources.

   Conjugation of cōnspondeō (second conjugation, no passive)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	cōnspondeō		cōnspondēs		cōnspondet		cōnspondēmus		cōnspondētis		cōnspondent
	imperfect	cōnspondēbam		cōnspondēbās		cōnspondēbat		cōnspondēbāmus		cōnspondēbātis		cōnspondēbant
	future	cōnspondēbō		cōnspondēbis		cōnspondēbit		cōnspondēbimus		cōnspondēbitis		cōnspondēbunt
	perfect	cōnspondī		cōnspondistī		cōnspondit		cōnspondimus		cōnspondistis		cōnspondērunt, cōnspondēre
	pluperfect	cōnsponderam		cōnsponderās		cōnsponderat		cōnsponderāmus		cōnsponderātis		cōnsponderant
	future perfect	cōnsponderō		cōnsponderis		cōnsponderit		cōnsponderimus		cōnsponderitis		cōnsponderint
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	cōnspondeam		cōnspondeās		cōnspondeat		cōnspondeāmus		cōnspondeātis		cōnspondeant
	imperfect	cōnspondērem		cōnspondērēs		cōnspondēret		cōnspondērēmus		cōnspondērētis		cōnspondērent
	perfect	cōnsponderim		cōnsponderīs		cōnsponderit		cōnsponderīmus		cōnsponderītis		cōnsponderint
	pluperfect	cōnspondissem		cōnspondissēs		cōnspondisset		cōnspondissēmus		cōnspondissētis		cōnspondissent
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		cōnspondē		—		—		cōnspondēte		—
	future	—		cōnspondētō		cōnspondētō		—		cōnspondētōte		cōnspondentō
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		cōnspondēre			—			cōnspondēns			—
future		cōnspōnsūrum esse			—			cōnspōnsūrus			—
perfect		cōnspondisse			—			—			—
perfect potential		cōnspōnsūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		cōnspondendī		cōnspondendō		cōnspondendum		cōnspondendō		cōnspōnsum		cōnspōnsū

Related terms

• cōnspōnsor
• dēspondeō
• respondeō
• spondeō

References

• “conspondeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “conspondeo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.