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See also: spöns

Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch sponge, from Old French espoinge, from Latin spongia, from Ancient Greek σπογγιά (spongiá), from σπόγγος (spóngos), a substrate word.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /spɔns/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: spons
  • Rhymes: -ɔns

Noun

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spons f (plural sponsen or sponzen, diminutive sponsje n)

  1. sponge

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Afrikaans: spons
  • Negerhollands: spons, sponsje
  • Caribbean Javanese: sepons
  • Papiamentu: spòns, spons
  • Sranan Tongo: sponsu

See also

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Indonesian

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Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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From Dutch spons.

Noun

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spons (plural spons-spons)

  1. sponge (piece of porous material used for washing)
  2. sponge (animal)

Latin

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Etymology

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Of uncertain origin. De Vaan is skeptical of connections to Proto-Indo-European *(s)penh₁- (to spin, weave) due to semantic vagueness and leaves the origin open, while older theories have connected the word with spondeō (to promise, guarantee)[1] (thus a pledging of one's self to a thing; hence, opp. to external necessity or inducement, of free will, of one's own accord); the latter theory appears more semantically reasonable.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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spōns f sg (genitive spontis); third declension

  1. free will, free accord, free impulse, voluntary or spontaneous action
    Synonyms: intentiō, cōgitātiō, voluntās, propositum, cōnsilium, mēns, animus
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.340–341:
      “Mē sī fāta meīs paterentur dūcere vītam
      auspiciīs et sponte meā compōnere cūrās, [...].”
      “If the Fates had let me live a life with my choices, and to order cares by my [own] free will, [...]”

Usage notes

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Only attested in the ablative and genitive, almost always in combination with a personal pronoun (meā sponte, suae spontis).

Declension

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Third-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative spōns
genitive spontis
dative spontī
accusative spontem
ablative sponte
vocative spōns

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Ernout, Alfred, Meillet, Antoine (1985) “*spōns, spontis”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots[1] (in French), 4th edition, with additions and corrections of Jacques André, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001, page 644

Further reading

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  • spons”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • spons”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • spons in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) that is self-evident, goes without saying: hoc sua sponte appāret
  • spons in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[3], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Norwegian Bokmål

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Verb

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spons

  1. imperative of sponse