fideicommissum

κρείσσων ἐναρχόμενος βοηθῶν καρδίᾳ τοῦ ἐπαγγελλομένου καὶ εἰς ἐλπίδα ἄγοντος· δένδρον γὰρ ζωῆς ἐπιθυμία ἀγαθή (Proverbs 13.12 LXX) → One who sincerely sets about helping is better than one who makes promises leading to hope; for a kindly urge is a tree of life.

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

fĭdĕĭcommissum: i, v. fideicommitto.

fĭdĕĭcommissum,¹⁶ ī, n. (fideicommitto), fidéicommis [droit] : Suet. Claud. 23.

fideicommissum, ī, n., s. fideicommitto.