sponsalia

Latin

Etymology

From spōnsālis, from spōnsa (“spouse”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /sponˈsaː.li.a/, [s̠põːˈs̠äːlʲiä]
• (modern Italianate 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 spōnsāliōrum
Dative	spōnsālibus
Accusative	spōnsālia
Ablative	spōnsālibus
Vocative	spōnsālia

Related terms

• spondeō
• spōnsa
• spōnsiō
• spōnsor
• spōnsum
• spōnsus

Descendants

• → German: Sponsalien
• → Spanish: esponsales

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)