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respónsor

who answers

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Where it lives

Rudens 1 · 0.84/10k
Institutio Oratoria 1 · 0.06/10k

What it meant

1. responsor — de Vaan

responsor 'who answers' (PI.). Pit *spondeje/o- 'to libate many times' > 'pledge'. It. cognates: U. spefa [acc.sg.f, abLsg.f] 'offered' (attribute of me/a 'sacrificial substance'), (λ spentud [3s jpv.II] ' ? \ PIE *spond-eie/o- [pr.] 'to libate'; ?*spend-e/o- [pr.]. IE cognates: Hit. ispant- I — [de Vaan, s.v. responsor, p. 596]

2. rēsponsor — Lewis & Short

rēsponsor, ōris, m.id.,

I one that answers or replies, Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 7.

In the wild

respónsorem Plautus, Rudens 1.4
responsorum Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria 11.2.1

Where it came from

de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) Treated in de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) s.v. responsor (scan p. 596; entry #1688).

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