Latin edit

Etymology edit

From con- +‎ spondeō (promise).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

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

  1. to engage or promise something mutually

Conjugation edit

  • 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 edit

References edit

  • 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.