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sponsio

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Latin

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Etymology

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From Latin spondeō (I promise, guarantee, betroth) +‎ -tiō (noun forming suffix).

Noun

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spōnsiō f (genitive spōnsiōnis); third declension

  1. solemn promise, bet, or agreement

Declension

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Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative spōnsiō spōnsiōnēs
genitive spōnsiōnis spōnsiōnum
dative spōnsiōnī spōnsiōnibus
accusative spōnsiōnem spōnsiōnēs
ablative spōnsiōne spōnsiōnibus
vocative spōnsiō spōnsiōnēs

Descendants

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  • English: sponsion

References

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  • sponsio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • sponsio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • sponsio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to be security for some one: sponsionem facere, sponsorem esse pro aliquo