bail (v.) Copy link Outline I. To give bail for1. spondeo, spŏpondi, sponsum., 2 (in gen. to undertake formally, become surety; q. v.)2. fĭdĕjŭbeo, jussi, jussum, 23. fĭdĕprōmitto, mīsi, missum, 3II. To accept bail for (which, acc. to Roman law, was the part of the plaintiff or prosecutor) • bail (v.): I. To give bail for: 1. spondeo, spŏpondi, sponsum., 2 (in gen. to undertake formally, become surety; q. v.): to b. any one, i. e. to become bail for any one, pro aliquo s., Cic.: v. Dict. Ant. p. 11. 2. fĭdĕjŭbeo, jussi, jussum, 2: Ulp. 3. fĭdĕprōmitto, mīsi, missum, 3: Gaius. (The verb fidejubeo implies a more serious and permanent responsibility than fidepromitto: v. Forcell. s. v. fidepromissor: both words seem to belong to the later terminology of Roman law.) Phr.: the other b.'d him, vas factus est alter ejus sistendi, Cic.: will you deliver yourself to a tyrant for death by b.ing a friend? vadem te ad mortem tyranno dabis pro amico? Cic. II. To accept bail for (which, acc. to Roman law, was the part of the plaintiff or prosecutor): vădor, 1: he does not accept b. for the man at present, hominem in praesentia non vadatur, Cic.: the prosecutor b.'d the prisoner with so many sureties, tot vadibus accusator vadatus est reum, Liv.: v. bail (subs.).