I.a promise secured by bail for appearance on a particular day before a tribunal, bail, security, recognizance.
I. Lit.: cum autem in jus vocatus fuerit adversarius ni eo die finitum fuerit negotium, vadimonium ei faciendum est, id est, ut promittat, se certo die sisti, Gai Inst. 4, 184; cf. “as to the sev. eral kinds of vadimonia,” id. ib. 4, 185 sqq.: “ubi tu's, qui me convadatu's Veneriis vadimoniis?” to appear before Venus, Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 5: “se jam neque vadari amplius neque vadimonium promittere,” Cic. Quint. 6, 23: hominem in praesentia non vadatur; “ita sine vadimonio disceditur,” id. ib. 6, 23: “ne quis extra suum forum vadimonium promittere cogatur, etc.,” Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 15, § 38; id. Quint. 20, 63; so, “promittere (alicui Romam Lilybaeum, etc.),” Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 141; id. Tull. 8, 20: “constituere,” to fix by agreement, id. Sen. 7, 21: “concipere,” to draw up a form of recognizance, id. Q. Fr. 2, 15, 3; cf.: “aptius hae capiant vadimonia garrula cerae,” Ov. Am. 1, 12, 23: res esse in vadimonium coepit, comes to giving bail, i. e. is to be tried by due course of law, Cic. Quint. 5, 22: “vadimonium est mihi cum aliquo,” am under recognizance, am bound to appear, id. ib. 18, 56: sistere, to keep one's recognizance, make one's appearance, present one's self in court, Cato ap. Gell. 2, 14, 1; Cic. Quint. 8, 29; Nep. Att. 9, 4; “v. sisto, I. C. 2.: ad vadimonium venire,” Cic. Quint. 21, 67; 5, 22: “non venire,” id. ib. 15, 48; “16, 52 sq.: quā (horā) tibi vadimonium non sit obitum,” id. ib. 16, 53; so, “obire,” id. ib. 17, 54; Plin. Ep. 8, 12, 3: “descendere ad vadimonium,” Sen. Ep. 8, 5: “occurrere ad vadimonium,” Suet. Calig. 39: “ad vadimonium currere,” Prop. 4 (5), 2, 57. “facere,” Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 19; Cic. Quint. 18, 57; Val. Max. 3, 7, 1; Liv. 23, 32, 1; Juv. 3, 298: “differre,” to put off the day of appearance, Cic. Att. 2, 7, 2; id. Fam. 2, 8, 1: “ceteris quae habebat vadimonia differt,” id. Quint. 6, 23 fin.: “imponere alicui,” to exact, Nep. Timol. 5, 2: “deserere,” to forfeit one's recognizance, fail to appear, Cic. Quint. 23, 75; id. Cat. 2, 2, 5; “Plin. prooem. § 23: missum facere,” to release one's bail, Cic. Quint. 14, 46; cf. on the vadimonium, Dict. of Antiq. s. v.—
II. Transf., an appointment, a fixed time: “ex eventu significationum intellegi sidera debebunt, non ad dies utique praefinitos exspectari tempestatum vadimonia,” Plin. 18, 26, 62, § 231: “tibi amatorem vadimonio sistam,” App. M. 9, p. 227, 17; 10, p. 240, 10 al.
