fideiussor
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
fidēiubeō (“be a surety for bail”) + -tor (agent noun-forming suffix)
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [fɪ.deːˈjʊs.sɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [fi.d̪eˈjus.sor]
Noun
fidēiussor m (genitive fidēiussōris); third declension
- 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
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