fidus

Danish

Etymology

Via German Fiduz, from Latin fiducia.

Noun

fidus c (singular definite fidusen, plural indefinite fiduser)

1. trick, ploy, scheme

   Coordinate term: fif

2. gizmo, widget, thingy, thingamajig

   Synonyms: dims, dippedut

Declension

Declension of fidus

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	fidus	fidusen	fiduser	fiduserne
genitive	fiduss	fidusens	fidusers	fidusernes

Derived terms

• fiduskunst
• fidusmager
• fidusmaler
• skattefidus
• skumfidus
• småfidus
• staldfidus

References

• “fidus” in Den Danske Ordbog

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfidus/

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• Rhymes: -idus
• Syllabification: fi‧dus

Verb

fidus

1. conditional of fidi

Ido

Verb

fidus

1. conditional of fidar

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	fīdus	fīda	fīdum		fīdī	fīdae	fīda
genitive	fīdī	fīdae	fīdī		fīdōrum	fīdārum	fīdōrum
dative	fīdō	fīdae	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
• Old French: fi
• 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, 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

Volapük

Noun

fidus

1. predicative plural of fid