fidens

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.