sponsalia

Latin

Etymology

From spōnsālis, from spōnsa (“spouse”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /sponˈsaː.li.a/, [s̠põːˈs̠äːlʲiä]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /sponˈsa.li.a/, [sponˈsäːliä]

Noun

spōnsālia n pl (genitive spōnsālium); third declension (plural only)

  1. betrothal, espousal
  2. wedding

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem), plural only.

Case Plural
Nominative spōnsālia
Genitive spōnsālium
Dative spōnsālibus
Accusative spōnsālia
Ablative spōnsālibus
Vocative spōnsālia

References
  • “sponsalia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • sponsalia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
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