fiducia

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Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin fīdūcia.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /fiˈdu.t͡ʃa/
  • Rhymes: -utʃa
  • Hyphenation: fi‧dù‧cia
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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fiducia f (plural fiducie)

  1. trust, faith
  2. confidence
  3. credit

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • fiducia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

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Etymology

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From unattested *fīdūcus +‎ -ia, from fīdō (I trust) +‎ -ūcus, confer cadūcus.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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fīdūcia f (genitive fīdūciae); first declension

  1. trust, confidence, assurance, reliance
    Synonym: fidēs
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.132:
      “Tantane vōs generis tenuit fīdūcia vestrī?”
      “Have you such confidence in your lineage?”
      (Neptune addresses the winds: The particle “-ne” – tanta-ne – denotes the question.)
  2. boldness, courage
    Synonyms: spīritus, fortitūdō, virtūs, animus
  3. (law) deposit, pledge, mortgage
    Synonyms: vōtum, pignus

Declension

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First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative fīdūcia fīdūciae
Genitive fīdūciae fīdūciārum
Dative fīdūciae fīdūciīs
Accusative fīdūciam fīdūciās
Ablative fīdūciā fīdūciīs
Vocative fīdūcia fīdūciae
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Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1938) “fīdō”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 493

Further reading

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  • fiducia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • fiducia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • fiducia 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)
  • fiducia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to put confidence in some one: fiduciam in aliquo ponere, collocare
    • to have great confidence in a thing: fiduciam (alicuius rei) habere
    • self-confidence: fiducia sui (Liv. 25. 37)
  • fiducia”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • fiducia”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin fiducia. Compare the obsolete doublet hucia, which was inherited.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (Spain) /fiˈduθja/ [fiˈð̞u.θja]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /fiˈdusja/ [fiˈð̞u.sja]
  • Rhymes: -uθja
  • Rhymes: -usja
  • Syllabification: fi‧du‧cia

Noun

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fiducia f (plural fiducias)

  1. (financial) trust

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