sponsalia

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From spōnsālis, from spōnsa (spouse).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

spōnsālia n pl (genitive spōnsālium); third declension (plural only)

  1. betrothal, espousal
  2. wedding

Declension[edit]

Third-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem), plural only.

Case Plural
Nominative spōnsālia
Genitive spōnsālium
spōnsāliōrum
Dative spōnsālibus
Accusative spōnsālia
Ablative spōnsālibus
Vocative spōnsālia

Related terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • German: Sponsalien
  • Spanish: esponsales

References[edit]

  • sponsalia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • sponsalia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)