fidissimus

Latin

Adjective

fīdissimus (feminine fīdissima, neuter fīdissimum); first/second declension

1. superlative degree of fīdus
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 2.281–282:

     “‘Ō lūx Dardaniae, spēs Ō fīdissima Teucrum,
     quae tantae tenuēre morae? [...].’”

     “‘O light of the Dardanians, o most trustworthy hope of the Teucrians, what great hindrances detained [you]?’”
     (Aeneas dreams of Hector and addresses him using two different epithets for the Trojans: The people of Dardanus or of King Teucer. Syncopations: Teucr[or]um; tenuer[unt].)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	fīdissimus	fīdissima	fīdissimum		fīdissimī	fīdissimae	fīdissima
Genitive	fīdissimī	fīdissimae	fīdissimī		fīdissimōrum	fīdissimārum	fīdissimōrum
Dative	fīdissimō		fīdissimō		fīdissimīs
Accusative	fīdissimum	fīdissimam	fīdissimum		fīdissimōs	fīdissimās	fīdissima
Ablative	fīdissimō	fīdissimā	fīdissimō		fīdissimīs
Vocative	fīdissime	fīdissima	fīdissimum		fīdissimī	fīdissimae	fīdissima