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Latin
Adjective
fīdissimus (superlative, feminine fīdissima, neuter fīdissimum); first/second declension
- superlative degree of fīdus
29 BCE – 19 BCE,
Virgil,
Aeneid 2.281–282:
- “‘Ō lūx Dardaniae, spēs Ō fīdissima Teucrum,
quae tantae tenuēre morae? .’”- “‘O light of the Dardanians, o most trustworthy hope of the Teucrians, what great hindrances detained ?’”
(Aeneas dreams of Hector and addresses him using two different epithets for the Trojans: The people of Dardanus or of King Teucer. Syncopations: Teucrum; tenuer.)
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.