fĭdĕprōmissor

I. a surety, bail: pro eo, qui promittit, solent alii obligari: quorum alios sponsores, alios fidepromissores, alios fidejussores appellamus. Sponsor ita interrogatur: IDEM DARE SPONDES? fidepro missor: IDEM FIDEPROMITTIS? fidejussor ita: IDEM FIDE TVA ESSE JVBES? etc., Gai. Inst. 3, § 115:—In another orthogr.: fidei promissor, πιστικελευστης, Gloss. Philox.