fidus

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Verb

fidus

  1. conditional of fidi

Ido

Verb

fidus

  1. conditional of fidar

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *feiðos, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeydʰós.

Pronunciation

Adjective

fīdus (feminine fīda, neuter fīdum, comparative fīdior, superlative fīdissimus); first/second-declension adjective

  1. trusty, trustworthy, dependable, credible
  2. loyal, faithful
  3. steadfast
  4. certain, safe

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative fīdus fīda fīdum fīdī fīdae fīda
genitive fīdī fīdae fīdī fīdōrum fīdārum fīdōrum
dative fīdō fīdae fīdō fīdīs
accusative fīdum fīdam fīdum fīdōs fīdās fīda
ablative fīdō fīdā fīdō fīdīs
vocative fīde fīda fīdum fīdī fīdae fīda

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Italian: fido
  • Spanish: fido
  • Portuguese: fido

References

  • fidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • fidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "fidus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • fidus 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) an acknowledged historical fact: res historiae fide comprobata
    • (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) to promise an oath to..: iureiurando ac fide se obstringere, ut
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 218-219

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Noun

fidus

  1. predicative plural of fid