fidus

Via German Fiduz, from Latin fiducia.

fidus c (singular definite fidusen, plural indefinite fiduser)

1. trick, ploy, scheme

   Coordinate term: fif

2. gizmo, widget, thingy, thingamajig

   Synonyms: dims, dippedut

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fidus

1. conditional of fidi

fidus

1. conditional of fidar

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

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈfiː.dʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈfiː.d̪us]

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
• Old French: fi
• 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^[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
    
• 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

fidus

1. predicative plural of fid