σπονδ-ή, ἡ,
(σπένδω) drink-offering, of wine poured out to the gods before drinking, σπονδῇσι θύεσσί τε ἱλάσκεσθαι [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 338 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; οὐ σπονδῇ χρέωνται [οἱ Πέρσαι] [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.132; ἦν δὲ κἀμπέλου σπονδή 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 398 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; σπονδὴ θεοῦ a drink-offering to a god, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 469; ἔγχει δὴ σπονδήν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 1102, compare 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 1.19, “Berl.Sitzb.” 1927.169 (from Cyrene); σ. ἐγκανάξαι 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 106 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; σπονδὰς θεοῖς λείβειν, σπεῖσαι, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 982, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 511; Διοσκόρων μέτα σπονδῶν μεθέξεις [prev. author] “Hel.” 1668, compare “Ba.” 45 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; σπονδὰς ποιεῖσθαι, ποιεῖν, [[ 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 1.18, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 273, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τρίτας σπονδὰς ποιήσαντες (where plural is used of a single libation) [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.3.1, compare τριτόσπονδο; σπονδὴ σπονδή· εὐφημεῖτε εὐφημεῖτε 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 433; σπονδῶν μετεῖχε καὶ εὐχῶν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.128 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; περὶ σπονδὰς καὶ κύλικας εἶχον were engaged in feasting, [[ 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 4.11.4 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; of the rites of hospitality, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.189. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II plural, σπονδαί a solemn treaty or truce (because solemn drink-offerings were made on concluding them, [[ 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 3.71 [here in _sing._]; σπονδαί τ᾽ ἄκρητοι καὶ δεξιαὶ ᾗς ἐπέπιθμεν 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.341 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; distinguished from εἰρήνη, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 3.11); σ. τοῦ πολέμου 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 2.172 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; αἱ Λακεδαιμονίων σ. the truce with them, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.35; αἱ πρός τινα σ. [prev. work] 44, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; σπονδὰς φέρειν to offer a truce, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 97; παραδιδόναι 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1389 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; προκαλεῖσθαι[[ [prev. work] 796; δέχεσθαι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.21, 30; ἄγειν πρός τινας δεχημέρους σπονδάς [prev. author] 6.7; σ. εἵλετο 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 3.2.1; σπονδῶν τυχεῖν [prev. author] “An.” 3.1.28 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; σ. ποιήσασθαί τινι make a truce with any one, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.21; πρός τινας 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 52, 131; less frequently, σ. ποιεῖν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.76 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; σ. σπένδεσθαι (see. σπένδω); ὀμνύειν[[ Foed.[prev. work] 5.23; σ. γενέσθαι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.149 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπὶ τούτοις on these conditions, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.16; σπονδέων ἐουσέων 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.149; τῶν σ. προκεχωρηκυιῶν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.87; αἱ σ. μενόντων 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.3.24 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; σπονδὰς τέμωμεν (on the false analogy of ὅρκια τ.) [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1235; τὰς σ. μέλλειν ἀπορρηθήσεσθαι 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 22.14; ξυγχέαι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.39, compare 1.146; λύειν [prev. work] 78, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; παραβῆναι [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 461, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.1.1, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.191; σπονδῶν σύγχυσις 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 379e ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐμμενῶ ταῖς σπονδαῖς Foed. cited in [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.18 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; σπονδὰς ποιησαμένους τὰ περὶ Πύλον,= σπεισαμένους τὰ π. Π., having made a truce as regards.., [[ [prev. author] 4.15 ] Refs]; σ. τοῖς σώμασιν, ὥστε ἀπελθεῖν a safe-conduct, [[ 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 2.141. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]