fidepromissor

== English == === Etymology === From Latin fidēprōmissor (“guarantor, surety”), from fidēprōmittō (“make a promise on behalf of another person, stand as guarantor or surety”) +‎ -tor, from fidē (“in faith”) +‎ prōmittō (“promise”). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˌfaɪdiːpɹəʊˈmɪsɔː(ɹ)/ === Noun === fidepromissor (plural fidepromissors) (historical, law) One who pledges himself as security for another; bail, surety == Latin == === Etymology === From fidēprōmittō (“make a promise on behalf of another person, stand as guarantor or surety”) +‎ -tor, from fidē (“in faith”) +‎ prōmittō (“promise”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [fɪ.deː.proːˈmɪs.sɔr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [fi.de.proˈmis.sor] === Noun === fidēprōmissor m (genitive fidēprōmissōris); third declension guarantor, surety ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. === References === “fĭdĕprōmissor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “fidēprōmissŏr”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “fidepromissor”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “fidepromissor”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin “fidēpromissor” on page 765/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)