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1 compater
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2 compater
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3 sponsor
sponsor, ōris, m. [spondeo], one who becomes answerable for another.I.Lit., a bondsman, surety (cf.: vas; gen. vadis, praes, vindex):II.de tuo negotio, quod sponsor es pro Pompeio, si Galba consponsor tuus redierit, non desinam cum illo communicare,
Cic. Fam. 6, 18, 3:sponsores et creditores L. Trebellii,
id. Phil. 6, 4, 11; cf. id. Quint. 23, 73:sponsor promissorum alicujus,
id. Att. 15, 15, 2; 1, 10, 6; cf. id. ib. 1, 8, 2: si Pompeius mihi testis de voluntate Caesaris et sponsor est illi de meā, id. Prov. Cons. [p. 1747] 18, 43; cf.:vel testis opinionis meae vel sponsor humanitatis tuae,
id. Fam. 7, 5, 2:quem, inquis, deorum sponsorem accepisti?
Sen. Ep. 82, 1; cf.:(Hymenaeus) mihi conjugii sponsor et obses erat,
Ov. H. 2, 34. — Poet., of a goddess:sponsor conjugii stat Dea picta sui,
Ov. H. 16, 114.—
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