sponsio
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin spondeō (“I promise, guarantee, betroth”) + -tiō (noun forming suffix).
Noun[edit]
spōnsiō f (genitive spōnsiōnis); third declension
Declension[edit]
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | spōnsiō | spōnsiōnēs |
| Genitive | spōnsiōnis | spōnsiōnum |
| Dative | spōnsiōnī | spōnsiōnibus |
| Accusative | spōnsiōnem | spōnsiōnēs |
| Ablative | spōnsiōne | spōnsiōnibus |
| Vocative | spōnsiō | spōnsiōnēs |
Descendants[edit]
- English: sponsion
References[edit]
- “sponsio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “sponsio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- sponsio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to be security for some one: sponsionem facere, sponsorem esse pro aliquo
- to be security for some one: sponsionem facere, sponsorem esse pro aliquo