noun · femininefirst declension
spōnsa
spōnsa f (genitive spōnsae, masculine spōnsus)
Classical[ˈspõː.sa]Ecclesiastical[ˈspɔn.sa]
Mille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- bride
- fiancée (betrothed woman)
BYRRHIA: Spōnsam hīc tuam amat. PAMPHILUS: Nē iste haud mēcum sentit! BYRRHIA: This [man] is in love with your fiancée. PAMPHILUS: Well then, by no means does he agree with me! (The meaning in its comical context: In other words, the woman Pamphilus truly loves is not “the fiancée” chosen by his father.)
166 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Andria 324
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
quae virō prōmissa est; nova nūpta.spōnsa -ae f — in Mille Verba, ch. Vīta et Mors
virgō, quae virō in mātrimōnium prōmissa estspōnsa -ae (f) — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 19
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | spōnsa | spōnsae |
| genitive | spōnsae | spōnsārum |
| dative | spōnsae | spōnsīs |
| accusative | spōnsam | spōnsās |
| ablative | spōnsā | spōnsīs |
| vocative | spōnsa | spōnsae |
sponsa, ae, v. spondeo, P. a., E.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
spōnsa ae, f
sponsus, a betrothed woman, bride : tua, T.: Flebilis, H.
Origins
Nominalization of spōnsus.
Descendants
- Catalanesposa
- Frenchépousefrom Old French espose
- Englishspousefrom Old French espose
- Italiansposa
- Occitanesposa
- Portugueseesposa
- Sardinianisposa
- Spanishesposa
- Asturianesposa
- Galicianesposa
In English words that came into English from spōnsa
- espousalsponsalia
- sponsalsponsalis