sponsus
αἰθὴρ δ᾽ ἐλαφραῖς πτερύγων ῥιπαῖς ὑποσυρίζει (Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 126) → The bright air fanned | whistles and shrills with rapid beat of wings.
Latin > English
sponsus sponsi N M :: bridegroom; betrothed man
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
sponsus: a, um, Part. and P. a. of spondeo.
sponsus: i, v. spondeo, P. a., A.
sponsus: ūs, m. spondeo,
I an engagement, betrothal; bail, suretyship (rare but class.): quod sponsu erat alligatus, Varr. L. L. 6, § 71 sq. Müll.: de sponsu si quid perspexeris, Cic. Att. 12, 19, 2: agere cum aliquo ex sponsu, Varr. 1. 1.: sponsu locare, Phaedr. 1, 16, 1; Sulp. ap. Gell. 4, 4, 2: lex Furia de sponsu adversus eum, qui, etc., Gai. Inst. 4, 22.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) spōnsus, a, um, part. de spondeo.
(2) spōnsus,¹² ī, m., fiancé : Cic. Inv. 2, 78 || sponsi Penelopæ Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 28, les prétendants de Pénélope.
(3) spōnsŭs, ūs, m., promesse, engagement : Cic. Att. 12, 19, 2 ; Varro L. 6, 71 ; ex sponsu agere Varro L. 6, 71, intenter une action en vertu d’un engagement pris.
Latin > German (Georges)
(1) spōnsus1, ī, m., s. spondeo.
(2) spōnsus2, ūs, m. (spondeo), I) = sponsio no. II, A, das Gelöbnis, interrogatio sponsus, Befragung mit G., Paul. dig. 50, 16, 7. – bes. die Verbürgung, Bürgschaft, Cic. ad Att. 12, 19, 2. – II) = sponsio no. II, B (w.s.), quod sponsu erat alligatus, Varro LL. 6, 71: ex sponsu agere, Serv. Sulpic. bei Gell. 4, 4, 2: agere cum alqo ex sponsu, Varro LL. 6, 72: lex Furia de sponsu adversus eum, qui etc., Gaius inst. 4, 22.
