conspondeo

Latin

Etymology

From con- +‎ spondeō (“promise”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /konˈspon.de.oː/, [kõːˈs̠pɔn̪d̪eoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /konˈspon.de.o/, [konˈspɔn̪d̪eo]

Verb

cōnspondeō (present infinitive cōnspondēre, perfect active cōnspondī, supine cōnspōnsum); second conjugation, no passive

1. to engage or promise something mutually

Conjugation

• This verb has only limited passive conjugation; only third-person passive forms are attested in surviving sources.

Conjugation of cōnspondeō (second conjugation, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	cōnspondeō	cōnspondēs	cōnspondet	cōnspondēmus	cōnspondētis	cōnspondent
	imperfect	cōnspondēbam	cōnspondēbās	cōnspondēbat	cōnspondēbāmus	cōnspondēbātis	cōnspondēbant
	future	cōnspondēbō	cōnspondēbis	cōnspondēbit	cōnspondēbimus	cōnspondēbitis	cōnspondēbunt
	perfect	cōnspondī	cōnspondistī	cōnspondit	cōnspondimus	cōnspondistis	cōnspondērunt, cōnspondēre
	pluperfect	cōnsponderam	cōnsponderās	cōnsponderat	cōnsponderāmus	cōnsponderātis	cōnsponderant
	future perfect	cōnsponderō	cōnsponderis	cōnsponderit	cōnsponderimus	cōnsponderitis	cōnsponderint
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	cōnspondeam	cōnspondeās	cōnspondeat	cōnspondeāmus	cōnspondeātis	cōnspondeant
	imperfect	cōnspondērem	cōnspondērēs	cōnspondēret	cōnspondērēmus	cōnspondērētis	cōnspondērent
	perfect	cōnsponderim	cōnsponderīs	cōnsponderit	cōnsponderīmus	cōnsponderītis	cōnsponderint
	pluperfect	cōnspondissem	cōnspondissēs	cōnspondisset	cōnspondissēmus	cōnspondissētis	cōnspondissent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	cōnspondē	—	—	cōnspondēte	—
	future	—	cōnspondētō	cōnspondētō	—	cōnspondētōte	cōnspondentō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		cōnspondēre	cōnspondisse	cōnspōnsūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		cōnspondēns	—	cōnspōnsūrus	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		cōnspondendī	cōnspondendō	cōnspondendum	cōnspondendō	cōnspōnsum	cōnspōnsū

Related terms

• cōnspōnsor
• dēspondeō
• respondeō
• spondeō

References

• “conspondeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• conspondeo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.