fido

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See also: Fido, FIDO, and fidò

English

Etymology

An acronym of the words freaks, irregulars, defects, oddities, from the 1960s.

Noun

fido (plural fidos)

  1. (numismatics) A coin that is defective, having been incorrectly minted, often prized by collectors.

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Esperanto

Etymology

From Latin fidēs.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Audio:
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  • Rhymes: -ido
  • Hyphenation: fi‧do

Noun

fido (uncountable, accusative fidon)

  1. faith, trust

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfi.do/
  • Rhymes: -ido
  • Hyphenation: fì‧do

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin fīdus (“loyal”).

Adjective

fido (feminine fida, masculine plural fidi, feminine plural fide)

  1. faithful, loyal
Related terms

Etymology 2

Deverbal from fidare (“trust”) +‎ -o.

Noun

fido m (plural fidi)

  1. (banking) a credit concession

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

fido

  1. first-person singular present indicative of fidare

Further reading

  • fido in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • fido in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • fìdo in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Italic *feiðō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéydʰeti (“to trust”), from the root *bʰeydʰ-.

Cognate to fidēs (“faith”) and Proto-Germanic *bīdaną.

Verb

fīdō (present infinitive fīdere, perfect active fīsus sum); third conjugation, semi-deponent

  1. to trust, put confidence in
    Synonyms: confido, credo
    Antonyms: diffīdō, suspiciō
  2. to rely upon
Conjugation
   Conjugation of fīdō (third conjugation, semi-deponent)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present fīdō fīdis fīdit fīdimus fīditis fīdunt
imperfect fīdēbam fīdēbās fīdēbat fīdēbāmus fīdēbātis fīdēbant
future fīdam fīdēs fīdet fīdēmus fīdētis fīdent
perfect fīsus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect fīsus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect fīsus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present fīdam fīdās fīdat fīdāmus fīdātis fīdant
imperfect fīderem fīderēs fīderet fīderēmus fīderētis fīderent
perfect fīsus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect fīsus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — fīde — — fīdite —
future — fīditō fīditō — fīditōte fīduntō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives fīdere fīsum esse fīsūrum esse — — —
participles fīdēns fīsus fīsūrus — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
fīdendī fīdendō fīdendum fīdendō fīsum fīsū

Old forms:

  • indicative future active: fīdēbō (This may hint to a second conjugation variation.)
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants

Reflexes of an assumed variant *fīdāre:

  • Italo-Romance:
    • Italian: fidare
    • Sicilian: fidari
  • North Italian:
  • Gallo-Romance:
  • Ibero-Romance:

References

  1. ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*fīdare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 3: D–F, page 501

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

fīdō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of fīdus

References

  • “fido”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “fido”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • fido in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) historic times: historicorum fide contestata memoria
    • (ambiguous) historic truth: historiae, rerum fides
    • (ambiguous) an acknowledged historical fact: res historiae fide comprobata
    • (ambiguous) genuine historical truth: incorrupta rerum fides
    • (ambiguous) to remain loyal: in fide manere (B. G. 7. 4. 5)
    • (ambiguous) to undermine a person's loyalty: de fide deducere or a fide abducere aliquem
    • (ambiguous) having exchanged pledges, promises: fide data et accepta (Sall. Iug. 81. 1)
    • (ambiguous) to be bound by one's word; to be on one's honour: fide obstrictum teneri (Pis. 13. 29)
    • (ambiguous) a thing finds credence, is credible: aliquid fidem habet (vid. also fides under sect. VII., History)
    • (ambiguous) to promise an oath to..: iureiurando ac fide se obstringere, ut
    • (ambiguous) credit and financial position: fides et ratio pecuniarum
    • (ambiguous) credit is going down: fides (vid. sect. IX. 10, note fides has six...) concidit
    • (ambiguous) a man's credit begins to go down: fides aliquem deficere coepit
    • (ambiguous) credit has disappeared: fides (de foro) sublata est (Leg. Agr. 2. 3. 8)
    • (ambiguous) credit is low throughout Italy: fides tota Italia est angusta

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin fīdus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfido/
  • Rhymes: -ido
  • Syllabification: fi‧do

Adjective

fido (feminine fida, masculine plural fidos, feminine plural fidas)

  1. faithful, loyal

Further reading

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