spondeo

Ido

Noun

spondeo (plural spondei)

1. spondee

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spon.ˈdɛ.o/
• Rhymes: -ɛo
• Hyphenation: spon‧dè‧o

Noun

spondeo m (plural spondei)

1. spondee

Anagrams

• sopendo

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Latin

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) From Proto-Italic *spondeō, from Proto-Indo-European *spondéyeti, causative verb from *spend- (“to perform a rite, make an offering”). Cognates include Ancient Greek σπένδω (spéndō, “libate”), σπονδή (spondḗ, “libation”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈspon.de.oː/, [ˈs̠pɔn̪d̪eoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈspon.de.o/, [ˈspɔn̪d̪eo]

Verb

spondeō (present infinitive spondēre, perfect active spopondī, supine spōnsum); second conjugation

1. I promise, bind or pledge myself, contract, vow.
2. I guarantee
3. I promise for another; I become security for a person, enter bail.
4. I promise or engage in marriage, betroth.

Conjugation

• This verb has only limited passive conjugation; only third-person passive forms are attested in surviving sources. The third principal part may be spopondī or spepondī.

Conjugation of spondeō (second conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	spondeō	spondēs	spondet	spondēmus	spondētis	spondent
	imperfect	spondēbam	spondēbās	spondēbat	spondēbāmus	spondēbātis	spondēbant
	future	spondēbō	spondēbis	spondēbit	spondēbimus	spondēbitis	spondēbunt
	perfect	spopondī	spopondistī	spopondit	spopondimus	spopondistis	spopondērunt, spopondēre
	pluperfect	spoponderam	spoponderās	spoponderat	spoponderāmus	spoponderātis	spoponderant
	future perfect	spoponderō	spoponderis	spoponderit	spoponderimus	spoponderitis	spoponderint
passive	present	spondeor	spondēris, spondēre	spondētur	spondēmur	spondēminī	spondentur
	imperfect	spondēbar	spondēbāris, spondēbāre	spondēbātur	spondēbāmur	spondēbāminī	spondēbantur
	future	spondēbor	spondēberis, spondēbere	spondēbitur	spondēbimur	spondēbiminī	spondēbuntur
	perfect	spōnsus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	spōnsus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	spōnsus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	spondeam	spondeās	spondeat	spondeāmus	spondeātis	spondeant
	imperfect	spondērem	spondērēs	spondēret	spondērēmus	spondērētis	spondērent
	perfect	spoponderim	spoponderīs	spoponderit	spoponderīmus	spoponderītis	spoponderint
	pluperfect	spopondissem	spopondissēs	spopondisset	spopondissēmus	spopondissētis	spopondissent
passive	present	spondear	spondeāris, spondeāre	spondeātur	spondeāmur	spondeāminī	spondeantur
	imperfect	spondērer	spondērēris, spondērēre	spondērētur	spondērēmur	spondērēminī	spondērentur
	perfect	spōnsus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	spōnsus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	spondē	—	—	spondēte	—
	future	—	spondētō	spondētō	—	spondētōte	spondentō
passive	present	—	spondēre	—	—	spondēminī	—
	future	—	spondētor	spondētor	—	—	spondentor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		spondēre	spopondisse	spōnsūrum esse	spondērī	spōnsum esse	spōnsum īrī
participles		spondēns	—	spōnsūrus	—	spōnsus	spondendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		spondendī	spondendō	spondendum	spondendō	spōnsum	spōnsū

Derived terms

• cōnspondeō
• dēspondeō
• respondeō
• spōnsa
• spōnsālis

• spōnsiō
• spōnsō
• spōnsor
• spōnsum
• spōnsus

Related terms

• spōnsāle
• spōnsālia
• spōnsiuncula

References

• “spondeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “spondeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• spondeo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “spondeo”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
• Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN