spondeus
English
Noun
spondeus (plural spondei)
- Archaic form of spondee.
Latin
Alternative forms
- spondēos
- spondīus
Etymology
From Ancient Greek σπονδεῖος (spondeîos, “spondee”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [spɔnˈdeː.ʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [spon̪ˈd̪ɛː.us]
Noun
spondēus m (genitive spondēī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | spondēus | spondēī |
| genitive | spondēī | spondēōrum |
| dative | spondēō | spondēīs |
| accusative | spondēum | spondēōs |
| ablative | spondēō | spondēīs |
| vocative | spondēe | spondēī |
Descendants
- → Dutch: spondee
- → English: spondee
- → Finnish: spondee
- French: spondée
- → German: Spondeus
- Italian: spondeo
- Spanish: espondeo
References
- “spondeus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “spondeus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- spondeus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.