sospes

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *swespats, a Proto-Italic (but post-PIE) compound consisting of an element from *swé and spes.[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

sospes (genitive sospitis); third-declension one-termination adjective

  1. saving, delivering
  2. safe and sound, unharmed
    Synonyms: saluber, salvus, sanus, integer, intactus, validus, incolumis, sollus, innoxius
    Antonyms: aeger, īnfirmus, languidus

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative sospes sospitēs sospitia
Genitive sospitis sospitium
Dative sospitī sospitibus
Accusative sospitem sospes sospitēs sospitia
Ablative sospite sospitibus
Vocative sospes sospitēs sospitia

Derived terms

References
  • “sospes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “sospes”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • sospes 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)
  • sospes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  1. De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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