Italian

Noun

sponda f ‎(plural sponde)

1. bank (of a river)
2. shore
3. side

Anagrams

• spando

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *sponda ‎(“frame”), from Proto-Indo-European *spond-h₂-. Related to Welsh ffon.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈspon.da/, [ˈspɔn.da]

Noun

sponda f ‎(genitive spondae); first declension

1. bedstead
2. bed, couch, sofa

Inflection

First declension.

References

• sponda in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• sponda in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• SPONDA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “sponda”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• sponda in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• sponda in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin