fidens

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Latin

Etymology

Present participle of fīdō.

Participle

fīdēns (genitive fīdentis, adverb fīdenter); third-declension one-termination participle

  1. trusting
  2. relying on

Declension

Third-declension participle.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative fīdēns fīdentēs fīdentia
Genitive fīdentis fīdentium
Dative fīdentī fīdentibus
Accusative fīdentem fīdēns fīdentēs
fīdentīs 		fīdentia
Ablative fīdente
fīdentī1 		fīdentibus
Vocative fīdēns fīdentēs fīdentia

1When used purely as an adjective.

Descendants

  • Italian: fidente

References

  • “fidens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “fidens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • fidens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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