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                    "description": "(adjective) : sponsālis, e, 3. sponsus.\n* Of or belonging to betrothal or espousal, spousal, sponsal (class.): quo die sponsum erat, sponsalis,Varr. L. L. 6, § 70 Müll.: tabulae,Hier. Ep. 54, 15: largitas, Cod. Th. 3, 16, 2.\n* Substt.\n* Sponsālĭa, ĭum (gen. sponsaliorum, Sen. Ben. 1, 9, 4; Suet. Aug.  53), n.\n* A betrothal, espousal: sponsalia dicta sunt a spondendo. Nam moris fuit veteribus stipulari et spondere sibi uxores futuras,Dig. 23, 1, 2; where v. the whole section: De sponsalibus; and cf. Sulp. ap. Gell. 4, 4, 2: qui (homines missi) Romam venerant factis sponsalibus,Cic. Att. 6, 6, 1; Liv. 38, 57; Ov. H. 19 (20), 29: parare,Juv. 6, 25: decentissimum sponsaliorum genus,Sen. Ben. 1, 9, 4: dies sponsaliorum,Suet. Aug. 53; Plin. 9, 35, 58, § 117. —*\n* Spon-sāle, is, n., a bridal bed, Tert. adv. Val. 31.\n* A betrothal gift (post-class.), Cod. Just. 5, 3, 3; 5, 71, 8.—*"
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