spondeus

English

Noun

spondeus (plural spondei)

1. Archaic form of spondee.

Latin

Alternative forms

• spondēos
• spondīus

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σπονδεῖος (spondeîos, “spondee”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /sponˈdeː.us/, [s̠pɔn̪ˈd̪eːʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /sponˈde.us/, [spon̪ˈd̪ɛːus]

Noun

spondēus m (genitive spondēī); second declension

1. spondee

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	spondēus	spondēī
genitive	spondēī	spondēōrum
dative	spondēō	spondēīs
accusative	spondēum	spondēōs
ablative	spondēō	spondēīs
vocative	spondēe	spondēī

Descendants

• → Dutch: spondee
• → English: spondee
• → Finnish: spondee
• French: spondée
• → German: Spondeus
• Italian: spondeo
• Spanish: espondeo

References

• “spondeus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “spondeus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• spondeus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.