noun · femininethird declension
spōnsiō
spōnsiō f (genitive spōnsiōnis)
Meaning
- solemn promise, bet, or agreement
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | spōnsiō | spōnsiōnēs |
| genitive | spōnsiōnis | spōnsiōnum |
| dative | spōnsiōnī | spōnsiōnibus |
| accusative | spōnsiōnem | spōnsiōnēs |
| ablative | spōnsiōne | spōnsiōnibus |
| vocative | spōnsiō | spōnsiōnēs |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- sponsionem facere, sponsorem esse pro aliquo
- to be security for some one.
sponsĭo, ōnis, f. spondeo, jurid. and publicists' t. t.,
I. a solemn promise or engagement to some performance (in bargains, covenants, treaties, etc.); a promise, guarantee, security, sponsion for any one (freq. and class.; cf.: pactio, foedus).
I. In gen.:
sponsio appellatur omnis stipulatio promissioque, Dig. 50, 16, 7: voti sponsio, quā obligamur deo, Cic. Leg. 2, 16, 41: Scandilium cogis sponsionem acceptam facere, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 60, § 139: per inducias sponsionem faciunt, uti, etc., made an agreement, Sall. J. 79, 4: non foedere pax Caudina sed per sponsionem facta est, by giving surety, Liv. 9, 5, 2: sponsione se obstringere, id. 9, 8, 4: sponsionem interponere, id. 9, 9, 4; and: tunc sponsio et pax repudietur ... nec populus Romanus consulum sponsionem nec nos fidem populi Romani accusemus, id. 9, 11, 5: Ocriculani sponsione in amicitiam accepti, id. 9, 41, 20; 39, 43, 5 (but Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 26, is spurious; v. Ritschl ad h. l.).—II. In partic., in civil suits, a mutual agreement or stipulation of the parties, that he who loses should pay a certain sum to him who gains the cause, a sort of wager at law: per sponsionem hoc modo agimus;
provocamus adversarium tali sponsione: si homo quo de agitur ex jure Quiritium meus est, sestertios XXV. nummos dare spondes? Gai. Inst. 4, 93: condicio Quintio fertur, ut, si id factum negaret ceteraque, quae objecisset, sponsione defenderet sese, Liv. 39, 43, 5: in probrum suum sponsionem factam, id. 40, 46, 14; hence, sponsio (sponsionem facere) si non (ni), a wager that, to agree to make a payment if not: ut sponsionem facere possent, ni adversus edictum praetoris vis facta esset, Cic. Caecin. 16, 45: sponsio est, ni te Apronius socium in decumis esse dicat, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 59, § 135: sponsionem milium nummūm facere cum lictore suo, ni furtis quaestum faceret, id. ib. 2, 5, 54, § 131; cf.: jubet Quinctium sponsionem cum Sex. Naevio facere, si bona sua ex edicto dies XXX. possessa non essent, id. Quint. 8, 30; id. Fam. 7, 21 init.; id. Pis. 23, 55: sponsione optime facere posse, id. Caecin. 16, 45; id. Off. 3, 19, 77: Apronium sponsione lacessivit, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 57, § 132: sponsione vincere, id. Quint. 27, 84.—Post-class., with quod: de sponsione quam is cum adversario, quod vir bonus esset, fecerat, Val. Max. 7, 2, 4: sponsionem provocare, quod, etc., id. 2, 8, 2; 6, 1, 10.—With acc. and inf.: Cleopatra sponsione revocavit, insumere se posse, etc., Macr. S. 2, 13.—2. Hence, in gen., a bet, betting:
audax, Juv. 11, 202.— B. Meton., a sum of money deposited according to agreement, a stake, acc. to Varr L. L. 6, § 70 Müll.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
spōnsiō ōnis, f
spondeo, a solemn promise, engagement, covenant, guarantee, security : voti sponsio, quā obligamur deo: per indutias sponsionem faciunt, uti, etc., made a covenant , S.: pax per sponsionem facta, by giving security , L.: sponsionem interponere, L.—In actions at law, a wager of law, formal stipulation for a forfeit by the loser : condicio fertur, ut, si id factum negaret, sponsione defenderet sese, L.: ut sponsionem facere possent, ni adversus edictum praetoris vis facta esset, an engagement to pay forfeit, unless it is adjudged that , etc.: sponsio est, ni te Apronius socium in decumis esse dicat, the stipulation is (to pay) unless , etc.: vincere sponsionem, to win the forfeit.—A betting : audax, Iu.
Origins
From Latin spondeō (“to promise, guarantee, betroth”) + -tiō (noun forming suffix).
Descendants
- Englishsponsion
In English words that came into English from spōnsiō
- sponsionspōnsiō