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

Declension

Third-declension noun.

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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