LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbsecond conjugation, no passive

cōnspondeō

cōnspondeō (present infinitive cōnspondēre, perfect active cōnspondī, supine cōnspōnsum)
Classical[kõːˈspɔn.de.oː]Ecclesiastical[konˈspɔn.de.o]

Meaning

  1. to engage or promise something mutually

Conjugation conjugation 2

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.cōnspondeōcōnspondēbamcōnspondēbōcōnspondīcōnsponderamcōnsponderō
2nd sg.cōnspondēscōnspondēbāscōnspondēbiscōnspondistīcōnsponderāscōnsponderis
3rd sg.cōnspondetcōnspondēbatcōnspondēbitcōnsponditcōnsponderatcōnsponderit
1st pl.cōnspondēmuscōnspondēbāmuscōnspondēbimuscōnspondimuscōnsponderāmuscōnsponderimus
2nd pl.cōnspondētiscōnspondēbātiscōnspondēbitiscōnspondistiscōnsponderātiscōnsponderitis
3rd pl.cōnspondentcōnspondēbantcōnspondēbuntcōnspondērunt
cōnspondēre
cōnsponderantcōnsponderint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.cōnspondeamcōnspondēremcōnsponderimcōnspondissem
2nd sg.cōnspondeāscōnspondērēscōnsponderīscōnspondissēs
3rd sg.cōnspondeatcōnspondēretcōnsponderitcōnspondisset
1st pl.cōnspondeāmuscōnspondērēmuscōnsponderīmuscōnspondissēmus
2nd pl.cōnspondeātiscōnspondērētiscōnsponderītiscōnspondissētis
3rd pl.cōnspondeantcōnspondērentcōnsponderintcōnspondissent
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.cōnspondē—
pres. 2nd pl.cōnspondēte—
fut. 2nd sg.cōnspondētō—
fut. 3rd sg.cōnspondētō—
fut. 2nd pl.cōnspondētōte—
fut. 3rd pl.cōnspondentō—
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivecōnspondēre—
perfect infinitivecōnspondisse—
future infinitivecōnspōnsūrum esse—
present participlecōnspondēns—
future participlecōnspōnsūrus—
gerundcōnspondendī, cōnspondendō, cōnspondendumsupinecōnspōnsum, cōnspōnsū

con-spondĕo, ndi, nsum (old orthog. consposum, acc. to Paul. ex Fest. p. 41, 14 Müll.), 2, v. a. and n.,
I. to engage or promise something mutually (ante- and postclass. and very rare): NEVE. CONSPONDISE. NEVE. CONPROMESISE. VELET., S. C. Bacch.; Wordsworth, Fragm. and Spec. p. 172: consponsi, Naev. ap. Varr. L. L. 6, § 70 Müll.; cf. Paul. l. l.: consponsa factio, App. M. 5, p. 168, 8; so, foedus, Aus. Ep. 10, 11.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Latincōnspondeō

Proto-Indo-European *spend- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *spondéyeti Proto-Italic *spondejō Proto-Italic *spondeō Latin spondeō Latin cōnspondeō From con- + spondeō (“promise”).

Quick answers

What does cōnspondeō mean in Latin?
cōnspondeō, a verb, means “to engage or promise something mutually”.
What are the principal parts of cōnspondeō?
cōnspondeō, cōnspondēre, cōnspondī, cōnspōnsum (second conjugation, no passive).
How do you pronounce cōnspondeō?
In classical Latin, [kõːˈspɔn.de.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [konˈspɔn.de.o].
Where does cōnspondeō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? → Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm → Proto-Italic *kom → Proto-Italic *kom- → Latin cōnspondeō.