sponsalia

Latin

Pronunciation

Adjective

spōnsālia

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of spōnsālis

Noun

spōnsālia

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of spōnsāle

Noun

spōnsālia n pl (genitive spōnsālium or spōnsāliōrum); third declension

  1. betrothal, espousal
  2. wedding

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, pure i-stem), plural only.

plural
nominative spōnsālia
genitive spōnsālium
spōnsāliōrum
dative spōnsālibus
accusative spōnsālia
ablative spōnsālibus
vocative spōnsālia

Descendants

  • German: Sponsalien
  • Spanish: esponsales

References

  • sponsalia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "sponsalia", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)