See also: Fido, FIDO, and fidò

English edit

Etymology edit

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

Noun edit

fido (plural fidos)

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

Translations edit

Anagrams edit

Esperanto edit

Etymology edit

From Latin fidēs.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈfido]
  • Audio:
    (file)
  • Rhymes: -ido
  • Hyphenation: fi‧do

Noun edit

fido (uncountable, accusative fidon)

  1. faith, trust

Italian edit

Pronunciation edit

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

Etymology 1 edit

Inherited from Latin fīdus (loyal).

Adjective edit

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

  1. faithful, loyal
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Etymology 2 edit

Deverbal from fidare (trust) +‎ -o.

Noun edit

fido m (plural fidi)

  1. (banking) a credit concession

Etymology 3 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb edit

fido

  1. first-person singular present indicative of fidare

Further reading edit

  • 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 edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

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

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

Verb edit

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 edit
   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.)
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Descendants edit

Reflexes of an assumed variant *fīdāre:[1]

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

References edit

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

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective edit

fīdō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of fīdus

References edit

  • 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[1], 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 edit

Etymology edit

From Latin fīdus.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈfido/ [ˈfi.ð̞o]
  • Rhymes: -ido
  • Syllabification: fi‧do

Adjective edit

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

  1. faithful, loyal

Further reading edit