fideiussor

Latin

Alternative forms

• fidējussor

Etymology

fidēiubeō (“be a surety for bail”) +‎ -tor (agent noun-forming suffix)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /fi.deːˈi̯us.sor/, [fɪd̪eːˈi̯ʊs̠ːɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fi.deˈjus.sor/, [fid̪eˈjusːor]

Noun

fidēiussor m (genitive fidēiussōris); third declension

1. guarantor (of a surety or bail)

Declension

Third-declension noun

	singular	plural
nominative	fidēiussor	fidēiussōrēs
genitive	fidēiussōris	fidēiussōrum
dative	fidēiussōrī	fidēiussōribus
accusative	fidēiussōrem	fidēiussōrēs
ablative	fidēiussōre	fidēiussōribus
vocative	fidēiussor	fidēiussōrēs

Related terms

• fidēiubeō

References

• “fidejussor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “fideiussor”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers