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σπονδ-ή , , (σπένδω)
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 ἐπέπιθμενIl.2.341; distd. fr. εἰρήνη, And.3.11); “ς. τοῦ πολέμουAeschin.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; “παραδιδόναιAr.Eq.1389; προκαλεῖσθαι ib.796; “δέχεσθαιTh.5.21, 30; “ἄγειν πρός τινας δεχημέρους σπονδάςId.6.7; “ς. εἵλετοX.HG3.2.1; “σπονδῶν τυχεῖνId.An.3.1.28; ς. ποιήσασθαί τινι make a truce with any one, Hdt.1.21; “πρός τιναςAr.Ach.52, 131; less freq., “ς. ποιεῖνTh.5.76; ς. σπένδεσθαι (v. σπένδω; ὀμνύειν Foed.ib.5.23; “ς. γενέσθαιHdt.7.149; ἐπὶ τούτοις on these conditions, Th.4.16; “σπονδέων ἐουσέωνHdt.7.149; “τῶν ς. προκεχωρηκυιῶνTh.1.87; “αἱ ς. μενόντωνX.An.2.3.24; σπονδὰς τέμωμεν (on the false analogy of ὅρκια τ.) E.Hel.1235; “τὰς ς. μέλλειν ἀπορρηθήσεσθαιLys.22.14; “ξυγχέαιTh.5.39, cf. 1.146; λύειν ib.78, etc.; “παραβῆναιAr.Av.461, cf. X.An.4.1.1, D.19.191; “σπονδῶν σύγχυσιςPl.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.
3. document embodying a treaty, εἴρηται ἐν [ταῖς ς.] Th.1.35, cf. X.HG2.4.36.
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.
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