spondeo

Ido

Noun

spondeo (plural spondei)

  1. spondee

Italian

Etymology

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

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

Noun

spondeo m (plural spondei)

  1. spondee

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

Verb

spondeō (present infinitive spondēre, perfect active spopondī, 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

Conjugation
  • This verb has only limited passive conjugation; only third-person passive forms are attested in surviving sources. The third principal part may be spopondī or spepondī.
   Conjugation of spondeō (second conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present spondeō spondēs spondet spondēmus spondētis spondent
imperfect spondēbam spondēbās spondēbat spondēbāmus spondēbātis spondēbant
future spondēbō spondēbis spondēbit spondēbimus spondēbitis spondēbunt
perfect spopondī,
spepondī		 spopondistī,
spepondistī		 spopondit,
spepondit		 spopondimus,
spepondimus		 spopondistis,
spepondistis		 spopondērunt,
spopondēre,
spepondērunt,
spepondēre
pluperfect spoponderam,
speponderam		 spoponderās,
speponderās		 spoponderat,
speponderat		 spoponderāmus,
speponderāmus		 spoponderātis,
speponderātis		 spoponderant,
speponderant
future perfect spoponderō,
speponderō		 spoponderis,
speponderis		 spoponderit,
speponderit		 spoponderimus,
speponderimus		 spoponderitis,
speponderitis		 spoponderint,
speponderint
sigmatic future1 spōnsō spōnsis spōnsit spōnsimus spōnsitis spōnsint
passive present spondeor spondēris,
spondēre		 spondētur spondēmur spondēminī spondentur
imperfect spondēbar spondēbāris,
spondēbāre		 spondēbātur spondēbāmur spondēbāminī spondēbantur
future spondēbor spondēberis,
spondēbere		 spondēbitur spondēbimur spondēbiminī spondēbuntur
perfect spōnsus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect spōnsus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect spōnsus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present spondeam spondeās spondeat spondeāmus spondeātis spondeant
imperfect spondērem spondērēs spondēret spondērēmus spondērētis spondērent
perfect spoponderim,
speponderim		 spoponderīs,
speponderīs		 spoponderit,
speponderit		 spoponderīmus,
speponderīmus		 spoponderītis,
speponderītis		 spoponderint,
speponderint
pluperfect spopondissem,
spepondissem		 spopondissēs,
spepondissēs		 spopondisset,
spepondisset		 spopondissēmus,
spepondissēmus		 spopondissētis,
spepondissētis		 spopondissent,
spepondissent
sigmatic aorist1 spōnsim spōnsīs spōnsīt spōnsīmus spōnsītis spōnsint
passive present spondear spondeāris,
spondeāre		 spondeātur spondeāmur spondeāminī spondeantur
imperfect spondērer spondērēris,
spondērēre		 spondērētur spondērēmur spondērēminī spondērentur
perfect spōnsus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect spōnsus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — spondē — — spondēte —
future — spondētō spondētō — spondētōte spondentō
passive present — spondēre — — spondēminī —
future — spondētor spondētor — — spondentor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives spondēre spopondisse,
spepondisse		 spōnsūrum esse spondērī spōnsum esse spōnsum īrī
participles spondēns — spōnsūrus — spōnsus spondendus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
spondendī spondendō spondendum spondendō spōnsum spōnsū

1At least one use of the archaic "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").

Derived terms

References
  • “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
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