conspondeo Latin · revision 9705

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Naevius|origins=ine-pro *spend-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [kõːˈspɔn.de.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [konˈspɔn.de.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

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

+ An old spelling ''consposos'' is recorded by Paul the Deacon's epitome of Festus.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|con-|spondeō|t1=together|t2=to pledge]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces ⟨spondeō⟩ to [[itc-pro|*spondeje/o-|t=to pour libations many times, pledge]], from [[ine-pro|*spond-eye/o-|t=to pour a libation]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The TLL cites Naevius' comedies and the decree on the Bacchanalia, which forbids men to have conspired or exchanged pledges among themselves (''neve conspondise'').^(TLL) Köbler dates Naevius c. 235–200 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to exchange pledges, engage mutually, and in the participle ''cōnspōnsus'' bound by mutual pledges; the glossaries equate it with ''conprōmissum'' and the TLL with ''coniūrāre'' “to conspire”.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL) Ausonius has ''cōnspōnsum foedus'' “a treaty mutually agreed”.^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 235–200 BC – Naevius uses it.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To exchange [[m|en|pledge|alt=pledges]], engage mutually, (participle) bound by mutual pledges.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[cōnspōnsor]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[spondeō]]

+ * [[spōnsiō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}