spondeo
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /spon.ˈdɛ.o/
- Rhymes: -ɛo
- Hyphenation: spon‧dè‧o
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *spondeō, 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
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈspon.de.oː/, [ˈspɔn.de.oː]
Verb
spondeō (present infinitive spondēre, perfect active spopondī, supine spōnsum); second conjugation
Inflection
- 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.
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
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