Latin

Noun

spōnsa f ‎(genitive spōnsae); first declension

1. bride
2. fiancée (betrothed woman)

Inflection

First declension.

Related terms

Descendants

References

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

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Alternative forms

• sponset

Verb

sponsa

1. simple past of sponse
2. past participle of sponse