sponsor: fidejussor: vas, vadis, masculine: praes (one who gives security) [SYN. in BAIL]: obses (a hostage): vadimonium (security given). To be surety for anybody or anything, sponsorem, praedem esse pro aliquo; intercedere pro aliquo (also, intercedere pecuniam pro aliquo: to be his surety by consenting to forfeit a sum of money if he does not perform the thing in question): praestare aliquem, aliquid, or de re (to be surety, to answer for, in a wider sense): spondere, fidem interponere pro aliquo: vadem fieri ejus sistendi (to answer for anybody’s appearance): praedem fieri pro aliquo and alicujus rei; obsidem alicujus rei fieri: also, vadem se dare alicui pro aliquo. Vid: more in BAIL.