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sponsus

sponsus

Latin

Noun

spōnsus m ‎(genitive spōnsī); second declension

A groom
A fiancé

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	spōnsus	spōnsī
genitive	spōnsī	spōnsōrum
dative	spōnsō	spōnsīs
accusative	spōnsum	spōnsōs
ablative	spōnsō	spōnsīs
vocative	spōnse	spōnsī

Descendants

Asturian: esposu
Catalan: espòs
English: spouse
French: époux
Friulian: spôs
Galician: esposo
Ido: spozo
Italian: sposo

Occitan: espós
Old French: espos
Portuguese: esposo
Sardinian: isposu, sposu
Sicilian: spusu
Spanish: esposo
Venetian: spóxo

Noun

spōnsus m ‎(genitive spōnsūs); fourth declension

A bail, surety

Inflection

Fourth declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	spōnsus	spōnsūs
genitive	spōnsūs	spōnsuum
dative	spōnsuī	spōnsibus
accusative	spōnsum	spōnsūs
ablative	spōnsū	spōnsibus
vocative	spōnsus	spōnsūs

Related terms

References

sponsus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
sponsus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
Félix Gaffiot (1934), “sponsus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.