sponsus

Latin

Etymology

From spondeō (“vow, pledge”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈspon.sus/, [ˈs̠põːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈspon.sus/, [ˈspɔnsus]

Noun

spōnsus m (genitive spōnsī); second declension

1. A groom
2. A fiancé

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	spōnsus	spōnsī
Genitive	spōnsī	spōnsōrum
Dative	spōnsō	spōnsīs
Accusative	spōnsum	spōnsōs
Ablative	spōnsō	spōnsīs
Vocative	spōnse	spōnsī

Descendants

• Asturian: esposu
• Catalan: espòs
• Friulian: spôs
• Galician: esposo
• German: Gespons
• Ido: spozo
  • Esperanto: spozo
• Italian: sposo
  • German: Gspusi
• Lombard: spós
• Occitan: espós
• Old French: espos
  • → English: spouse
  • French: époux
• Portuguese: esposo
• Romansch: spus, spous
• Sardinian: isposu, sposu
• Sicilian: spusu
• Spanish: esposo
• Venetian: spóxo

Noun

spōnsus m (genitive spōnsūs); fourth declension

1. A bail, surety

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	spōnsus	spōnsūs
Genitive	spōnsūs	spōnsuum
Dative	spōnsuī	spōnsibus
Accusative	spōnsum	spōnsūs
Ablative	spōnsū	spōnsibus
Vocative	spōnsus	spōnsūs

Related terms

• spondeō
• spōnsa
• spōnsālia
• spōnsiō
• spōnsō
• spōnsor
• spōnsum

References

• “sponsus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “sponsus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• sponsus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette