sponsus

sponsus, a, um, Part. and P. a. of spondeo.

sponsus, i, v. spondeo, P. a., A.

sponsus, ūs, m. [spondeo],

• 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.

1. spōnsus, ī, m., s. spondeo.

2. spōnsus, 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.

sponsus [CL] 1 man engaged to be married, fiancé (also tranf., in gl., of suitor). b bridegroom or newly married man. procus, ~us GlC P 676; plebes plorabant dominos ‥ sponse ~os, dilecte conjuges dulces maritos Ord. Vit. XII 26 p. 417.  b ~us, brydiguma Ælf. Sup.; canticum epithalamicum quando jam sponsa in lecto est et ~us in amplexu H. Bos. Hom. 1405A; vir semel effectus sponsus vir desinit esse, / sponsa viri vires non vires efficit esse. / legibus uxoris succumbit quisque maritus D. Bec. 1949; ~us sponsam quasi maritali licentia totam tangit: miscet colloquia, jungit oscula, stringit amplexus Bald. Cant. Serm. 2. 51. 439; 1389 venit Johannes E. sposus dicte Johanne et invenit ‥ Johannam sic mortuam SelCCoron 95; hic ~us, a husband, wedman WW. 2 (fig., freq. w. caelestis or sim.): a (of Christ as bridegroom of virgin or nun); b (of Christ as bridegroom of Church); c (of abbot or bishop as bridegroom of abbey or church). a oscula dum supero defixit limpida sponso Aldh. VirgV 2138; sponsalia jura recusant / cunctaque fallentis mundi patrimonia spernunt, / ut sponsi thalamis, caeli qui regnat in arce, / jungantur Ib. 2287; filias suas ‥ ~o caelesti copulandas mittebant Bede HE III 8 p. 142; post decem annos desponsationis sue seculum reliquit et sanctimonialis in cenobio Fontis Ebroldi celesti ~o libera inheret Ord. Vit. XII 33 p. 439.  b quid ‥ inter homines Christus, nisi sanctae ecclesiae ~us apparuit?  Bede Mark 137B; non sum ‥ Christus, non sum ego sponsus sed amicus sponsi Alcuin Exeg. 786B; Jesus, qui est ecclesie ~us Ord. Vit. III 3 p. 52.  c respondit papa quod una ecclesia non habet nisi ‥ unum ~um, et in ecclesia cathedrali est episcopus ~us et prelatus Graystanes 25; sacre ecclesie rectores et gubernatores, episcopi scilicet et abbates ‥ ~i celestes dicuntur eo quod sacre sponsantur ecclesie (Ergome) Pol. Poems I 143; in ~um ecclesie hujus, cooperante Sancto Spiritu, coassumptus Reg. Whet. I app. 453.

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 dʼun engagement pris.

sponsus , us. m.
許。約。

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sponsus , i. m.
定親之男。覓親者。

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spōnsus (1) ī, m

• P. of spondeo, a betrothed man, bridegroom: sponsi nomen appellans: regius, H.: Sponsi Penelopae, suitors, H.

(spōnsus, ūs) (2) m

• spondeo, a bail, suretyship.—Only ablsing.: de sponsu si quid perspexeris.