sponsio

Latin

Etymology

From Latin spondeō (“I promise, guarantee, betroth”) +‎ -tiō (noun forming suffix).

Noun

spōnsiō f (genitive spōnsiōnis); third declension

  1. solemn promise, bet, or agreement

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative spōnsiō spōnsiōnēs
genitive spōnsiōnis spōnsiōnum
dative spōnsiōnī spōnsiōnibus
accusative spōnsiōnem spōnsiōnēs
ablative spōnsiōne spōnsiōnibus
vocative spōnsiō spōnsiōnēs

Descendants

References

  • 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, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to be security for some one: sponsionem facere, sponsorem esse pro aliquo
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