sponsa

Latin

Etymology

Feminine of spōnsus.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈspon.sa/, [ˈspõː.sa]

Noun

spōnsa f (genitive spōnsae); first declension

  1. bride
  2. fiancée (betrothed woman)

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative spōnsa spōnsae
genitive spōnsae spōnsārum
dative spōnsae spōnsīs
accusative spōnsam spōnsās
ablative spōnsā spōnsīs
vocative spōnsa spōnsae

Descendants

  • Old French: espose
  • Portuguese: esposa
  • Romansh: spusa
  • Sardinian: isposa
  • Sicilian: spusa
  • Spanish: esposa

References

  • sponsa in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • sponsa in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • sponsa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • sponsa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • sponsa in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • sponsa in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

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Alternative forms

Verb

sponsa

  1. simple past of sponse
  2. past participle of sponse
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