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fidus

1. conditional of fidi

fidus

1. conditional of fidar

From Proto-Italic *feiðos, from the same root as fīdō.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfiː.dus/, [ˈfiːd̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfi.dus/, [ˈfiːd̪us]

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

First/second-declension adjective.

• fidēlis

• fīdō
• fīdūcia
• fīdūciārius

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

• “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
    

fidus

1. predicative plural of fid