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 the same root as fīdō.

Pronunciation

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

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.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	fīdus	fīda	fīdum		fīdī	fīdae	fīda
Genitive	fīdī	fīdae	fīdī		fīdōrum	fīdārum	fīdōrum
Dative	fīdō		fīdō		fīdīs
Accusative	fīdum	fīdam	fīdum		fīdōs	fīdās	fīda
Ablative	fīdō	fīdā	fīdō		fīdīs
Vocative	fīde	fīda	fīdum		fīdī	fīdae	fīda

Synonyms

• fidēlis

Related terms

• fīdō
• fīdūcia
• fīdūciārius

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^[1], 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
    

Volapük

Noun

fidus

1. predicative plural of fid