spondeo

spondeo (plural spondei)

1. spondee

From Latin spondeus, from Ancient Greek σπονδεῖος (spondeîos, “spondee”).

• IPA^(key): /sponˈdɛ.o/
• Rhymes: -ɛo
• Hyphenation: spon‧dè‧o

spondeo m (plural spondei)

1. spondee

• sopendo

From Proto-Italic *spondeō, from earlier *spondejō, from Proto-Indo-European *spondéyeti, causative verb from *spend- (“to perform a rite, make an offering”). Cognates include Ancient Greek σπένδω (spéndō, “libate”), σπονδή (spondḗ, “libation”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈspɔn.de.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈspɔn.de.o]

spondeō (present infinitive spondēre, perfect active spopondī or spepondī or spondī, supine spōnsum); second conjugation

1. to promise, bind or pledge oneself, contract, vow

   Synonyms: dēspondeō, voveō, ostentō, profiteor, prōmittō, stipulor, pangō, polliceor

2. to guarantee
3. to promise for another; to become security for a person, enter bail
4. to promise or engage in marriage, betroth

¹At least one use of the Old Latin "sigmatic future" and "sigmatic aorist" tenses is attested, which are used by Old Latin writers; most notably Plautus and Terence. The sigmatic future is generally ascribed a future or future perfect meaning, while the sigmatic aorist expresses a possible desire ("might want to").

• “spondeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “spondeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “spondeo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “spondeo”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
• Sihler, Andrew L. (1995), New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
• treccani.it, at "spondèo" page