spondeo
Ido
Noun
spondeo (plural spondei)
Italian
Pronunciation
Noun
spondeo m (plural spondei)
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Latin
Etymology
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(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
- I promise, bind or pledge myself, contract, vow.
- I guarantee
- I promise for another; I become security for a person, enter bail.
- 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.
Derived terms
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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
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