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|lshtext=<b>dē-spondĕo</b>: spondi, [[sponsum]], 2 (<br /><b>I</b> perf. despopondisse, Plaut. Trin. 3, 1, 2; plqpf. despoponderas, id. Truc. 4, 3, 51; [[with]] despondi, id. Aul. 2, 3, 4: despondisse, id. Trin. 5, 2, 9 et saep.), v. a., to [[promise]] to [[give]], to [[promise]], [[pledge]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen. ([[rarely]]): librum alicui, Cic. Att. 13, 12, 3: Syriam homini, id. ib. 1, 16, 8: domum, hortos, Baias sibi, id. ib. 11, 6, 6: [[imperium]] Orientis Romanis, Liv. 26, 37: consulatum, id. 4, 13: Tarpeias arces sibi (sc. diripiendas, [[with]] promittere), Luc. 7, 758.— Far [[more]] freq. and [[class]].,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic. t. t., to [[promise]] in [[marriage]], to [[betroth]], [[engage]]: qui spoponderat filiam, despondisse dicebatur, [[quod]] de [[sponte]] ejus, id est de voluntate exierat, Varr. L. L. 6, § 71 Müll.: filiam alicui, Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 28; id. Rud. 4, 8, 5; Ter. Heaut. 4, 5, 36; Cic. Att. 1, 3 fin.; id. de Or. 1, 56, 239; id. Clu. 64, 179; Liv. 1, 26; 1, 39; Ov. M. 9, 715: vos uni viro, Vulg. 2 Cor. 11, 2 et saep.—Absol.: placuit despondi (sc. eam), Ter. And. 1, 1, 75; cf.: sororem suam in tam fortem familiam, Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 9; and: filiam suam in divitias maxumas, id. Cist. 2, 3, 57. —Rarely [[with]] sibi: Orestillae filiam sibi, to [[espouse]], Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 7.—Pass. impers.: [[intus]] despondebitur, Ter. And. 5, 6, 16.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Transf., [[facete]]: bibliothecam tuam [[cave]] cuiquam despondeas, [[quamvis]] acrem amatorem inveneris, Cic. Att. 1, 10, 4.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> To [[promise]], [[give]] up, [[devote]] to: [[spes]] reipublicae despondetur [[anno]] [[consulatus]] tui, Cic. Fam. 12, 9, 2: perjuria meritis poenis, Val. Fl. 7, 509.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> With predom. [[idea]] of removing, putting [[away]] from one's [[self]], to [[give]] up, [[yield]], [[resign]]. So esp. freq. in Plaut.: animum, to [[lose]] [[courage]], to [[despair]], [[despond]]: ne lamentetur [[neve]] animum despondeat, Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 6; 4, 2, 63; id. Merc. 3, 4, 29; id. Men. prol. 35; Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 6; in the [[same]] [[sense]], animos, Liv. 3, 38; 26, 7; 31, 22; and [[simply]], despondere, Col. 8, 10, 1: sapientiam, to [[despair]] of acquiring [[wisdom]], Col. 11, 1, 11; cf.: [[nempe]] quas spopondi? St. Immo, quas despondi, inquito, [[have]] got [[rid]] of by [[promising]], i. e. by [[being]] [[security]] for others, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 25 Ritschl (Fleck. dependi).