noun · neuterthird declension
spōnsālia
spōnsālia n pl (genitive spōnsālium or spōnsāliōrum)
Classical[spõːˈsaː.li.a]Ecclesiastical[sponˈsaː.li.a]
Meaning
- betrothal, espousal
- wedding
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
prōmissum mātrimōniīspōnsālia -ium (n) — in Epistulae, ch. 5
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | — | spōnsālia |
| genitive | — | spōnsālium spōnsāliōrum |
| dative | — | spōnsālibus |
| accusative | — | spōnsālia |
| ablative | — | spōnsālibus |
| vocative | — | spōnsālia |
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
spōnsālia ium, n
plur n. adj. from sponsus, a betrothal, espousal, wedding : factis sponsalibus: parare, Iu.: sponsalia Crassipedi praebui, a wedding-feast .
Origins
Descendants
- GermanSponsalien
- Spanishesponsales
In English words that came into English from spōnsālia
- espousalspōnsālia