desponsus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of dēspondeō.

Participle

dēspōnsus (feminine dēspōnsa, neuter dēspōnsum); first/second-declension participle

1. promised
2. despondent, lost, yielded

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	dēspōnsus	dēspōnsa	dēspōnsum		dēspōnsī	dēspōnsae	dēspōnsa
Genitive	dēspōnsī	dēspōnsae	dēspōnsī		dēspōnsōrum	dēspōnsārum	dēspōnsōrum
Dative	dēspōnsō		dēspōnsō		dēspōnsīs
Accusative	dēspōnsum	dēspōnsam	dēspōnsum		dēspōnsōs	dēspōnsās	dēspōnsa
Ablative	dēspōnsō	dēspōnsā	dēspōnsō		dēspōnsīs
Vocative	dēspōnse	dēspōnsa	dēspōnsum		dēspōnsī	dēspōnsae	dēspōnsa

References

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