A.drink-offering, of wine poured out to the gods before drinking, “σπονδῇσι θύεσσί τε ἱλάσκεσθαι” Hes.Op.338; οὐ σπονδῇ χρέωνται [οἱ Πέρσαι] Hdt.1.132; “ἦν δὲ κἀμπέλου σπονδή” S.Fr.398; σπονδὴ θεοῦ a drink-offering to a god, E.Cyc.469; “ἔγχει δὴ σπονδήν” Ar. Pax 1102, cf.Antipho 1.19, Berl.Sitzb.1927.169 (Cyrene); “ς. ἐγκανάξαι” Ar.Eq.106; σπονδὰς θεοῖς λείβειν, σπεῖσαι, A.Supp.982, E.El.511; “Διοσκόρων μέτα σπονδῶν μεθέξεις” Id.Hel.1668, cf. Ba.45; σπονδὰς ποιεῖσθαι, ποιεῖν, Antipho 1.18, Men.273, etc.; τρίτας σπονδὰς ποιήσαντες (where pl. is used of a single libation) X.Cyr.2.3.1, cf. “τριτόσπονδος; σπονδὴ σπονδή: εὐφημεῖτε εὐφημεῖτε” Ar.Pax 433; “σπονδῶν μετεῖχε καὶ εὐχῶν” D. 19.128; περὶ σπονδὰς καὶ κύλικας εἶχον were engaged in feasting, Hdn.4.11.4; of the rites of hospitality, D.19.189.
II. pl., σπονδαί a solemn treaty or truce (because solemn drink-offerings were made on concluding them, D.S.3.71 [here in sg.]; “σπονδαί τ᾽ ἄκρητοι καὶ δεξιαὶ ᾗς ἐπέπιθμεν” Il.2.341; distd. fr. εἰρήνη, And.3.11); “ς. τοῦ πολέμου” Aeschin.2.172; αἱ Λακεδαιμονίων ς. the truce with them, Th.1.35; αἱ πρός τινα ς. ib.44, etc.; σπονδὰς φέρειν to offer a truce, E.Ph.97; “παραδιδόναι” Ar.Eq.1389; προκαλεῖσθαι ib.796; “δέχεσθαι” Th.5.21, 30; “ἄγειν πρός τινας δεχημέρους σπονδάς” Id.6.7; “ς. εἵλετο” X.HG3.2.1; “σπονδῶν τυχεῖν” Id.An.3.1.28; ς. ποιήσασθαί τινι make a truce with any one, Hdt.1.21; “πρός τινας” Ar.Ach.52, 131; less freq., “ς. ποιεῖν” Th.5.76; ς. σπένδεσθαι (v. σπένδω); ὀμνύειν Foed.ib.5.23; “ς. γενέσθαι” Hdt.7.149; ἐπὶ τούτοις on these conditions, Th.4.16; “σπονδέων ἐουσέων” Hdt.7.149; “τῶν ς. προκεχωρηκυιῶν” Th.1.87; “αἱ ς. μενόντων” X.An.2.3.24; σπονδὰς τέμωμεν (on the false analogy of ὅρκια τ.) E.Hel.1235; “τὰς ς. μέλλειν ἀπορρηθήσεσθαι” Lys.22.14; “ξυγχέαι” Th.5.39, cf. 1.146; λύειν ib.78, etc.; “παραβῆναι” Ar.Av.461, cf. X.An.4.1.1, D.19.191; “σπονδῶν σύγχυσις” Pl.R.379e; ἐμμενῶ ταῖς σπονδαῖς Foed. ap. Th.5.18; σπονδὰς ποιησαμένους τὰ περὶ Πύλον,= σπεισαμένους τὰ π. Π., having made a truce as regards . ., Id.4.15; ς. τοῖς σώμασιν, ὥστε ἀπελθεῖν a safe-conduct, Aeschin.2.141.
2. esp. the Truce of God during the Olympic games, etc., αἱ Ὀλυμπιακαὶ ς. Th.5.49; λέγοντες μὴ ἐπηγγέλθαι πω ἐς Λακεδαίμονα τὰς ς. ibid.; during the Eleusinian mysteries, Aeschin.2.133, IG12.6.48,68, al.
III. money payment in addition to rent in kind, POxy.101.19 (ii A.D.), etc.
2. douceur, gratuity, ς. παιδαρίοις ib.1207.10 (ii A.D.), etc.
3. fee paid to officials, ib.1284.16 (iii A.D.), etc.