sponsus
Latin
Etymology
From spondeō (“vow, pledge”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈspõː.sʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈspɔn.sus]
Noun
spōnsus m (genitive spōnsī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| 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
- Judeo-Italian: סְפוּסוֹ (səpuso /spuso/)
- Lombard: spós
- Occitan: espós
- Old French: espos
- Portuguese: esposo
- Romansch: spus, spous
- Sardinian: isposu, sposu
- Sicilian: spusu
- Spanish: esposo
- Venetan: spóxo
Noun
spōnsus m (genitive spōnsūs); fourth declension
Declension
Fourth-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | spōnsus | spōnsūs |
| genitive | spōnsūs | spōnsuum |
| dative | spōnsuī | spōnsibus |
| accusative | spōnsum | spōnsūs |
| ablative | spōnsū | spōnsibus |
| vocative | spōnsus | spōnsūs |
Derived terms
Related terms
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.