sponsus

Latin

Etymology

From spondeō (“vow, pledge”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈspon.sus/, [ˈspõː.sʊs]

Noun

spōnsus m (genitive spōnsī); second declension

1. A groom
2. A fiancé

Inflection

Second declension.

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
• English: spouse
• French: époux
• Friulian: spôs
• Galician: esposo
• Ido: spozo
• Italian: sposo

• Occitan: espós
• Old French: espos
• Portuguese: esposo
• Sardinian: isposu, sposu
• Sicilian: spusu
• Spanish: esposo
• Venetian: spóxo

Noun

spōnsus m (genitive spōnsūs); fourth declension

1. A bail, surety

Inflection

Fourth declension.

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 Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)