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fidesnormalized · fides17 analyses · 5 lemmas
Lemma 1fides
nounfeminine
faith, loyalty; honesty; credit; confidence, trust, belief; good faith
Morphology5 analyses
nominative singularfid + es · regular
vocative singularfid + es · regular
nominative pluralfid + es · regular
vocative pluralfid + es · regular
accusative pluralfid + es · regular
Lewis & Short
fĭdes, ĕi, [fido]
scanned fĭdēï, Enn. — and form of the fide, like die, facie, ; P. — fide; Enn. , or Ann. 111 ed. Vahl., trust in a person or thing, faith, confidence, reliance, credence, belief (: fidelitas, fiducia, confidentia).
; in the foll.: neque pauci, neque leves sunt, qui se duo soles vidisse dicant; fidem facit oratio, awakens or produces belief — With object-clauses: tibi fidem faciemus, nos ea suadere, quae, , will convince, Balb. et , A. ; and: fidem addere, to give credence ( fidem demere)
, in mercant. lang., credit; Drak.; : res fidesque, for fame and fortune, property and credit, entire resources; Cort.
Beyond the mercant. sphere ( and in prose).
, that which produces confidence or belief.
The quality that produces confidence in a person, trustworthiness, faithfulness, conscientiousness, credibility, honesty; in things, credibility, truth,
(erroneously regarded by Cicero as the primary signif. of the word; wherefore he derived it from fio; the foll. passages): Beier; : ille vir haud magna cum re sed plenu' fidei, Enn. (Ann. 342 ed. Vahl.): ubi societas? ubi fides majorum? Cato : nulla sancta societas, nec fides regni est, Enn. (Trag. 412 ed. Vahl.); Eu. Dic bona fide: tu id aurum non surripuisti? Ly. Bona. Eu. Neque scis, quis abstulerit? Ly. Istuc quoque bona.
Of inanim. and abstr. things.
In poets several times, faithful, true fulfilment of a promise.
, in jurid. lang., bona fides, good faith, sincerity; hence, EX FIDE BONA or BONA FIDE, in good faith, sincerely, honestly, conscientiously; quanti verba illa: VTI NE PROPTER TE FIDEMVE TVAM CAPTVS FRAVDATVSVE SIEM, Q. quidem Scaevola, pontifex maximus, summam vim esse dicebat in omnibus iis arbitriis, in quibus adderetur EX FIDE BONA: praetor ait: QVI BONA FIDE EMIT,
An assurance that produces confidence, a promise, engagement, word, assurance, confirmation.
: accipe daque fidem, Enn. (Ann. 33 ed. Vahl.); so: quantum mea fides studii mihi afferat, my plighted word (to defend the king).
Pregn., a given promise of protection or security, a guaranty; hence, , protection, guardian care; Vulturcius interrogatus. primo fingere alia; ; jura fidemque supplicis erubuit (Achilles), the protection due to a suppliant.
The faith, the Christian religion as a system of belief ( )
Fides, as a goddess: ( ed. Vahl.); Müll.
fĭdes, ium, , , [=]
a stringed instrument, lyre, lute, cithern.
In (only so in classic prose): Fides genus citharae, Paul. ex Müll.; Fi. Fides non reddis? Pe. Neque fides neque tibias.
()
Prov.: vetus adagium est: Nihil cum fidibus graculo, ignoramuses have nothing to do with poetry, Gell. N. A. praef. § 19.
, Fides, is, , a constellation, Lyra, the Lyre.
, in , nervus, chorda, a string of a musical instrument.
Lemma 2fido, fidere, fidavi, fisus
verb
to trust (in), have confidence (in) (w/DAT or ABL)
Morphology1 analysis
future indicative active 2nd singularfid + es · regular
Lewis & Short
fīdo, fīsus sum, 3, [root in bandh, unite; , persuade, cable; fidus, Deus Fidius, foedus; : fascis, fascia; but Fick refers fido to root bhidh; beidan; bide, to expect; Vergl. Wört. p. 380]
fidebo, Nov. , to trust, confide, put confidence in, rely upon a person or thing (rare; in the verb. finit. mostly ; but in the and ).
With
With : hac (Cynosurā) fidunt duce nocturnā Phoenices in alto — Doubtful, whether or Zumpt, § 413.
With
: ubi fidentem fraudaveris, who trusts (you). — Hence, fīdens, entis, P.a. (, trusting to one's self, self-confident; hence), confident, courageous, bold — — : fidentissimo impetu acies motae. — : fīdenter, confidently, fearlessly, boldly — —
Lemma 3fĭdĕs
nounfeminine
chord, instrument string; constellation Lyra; stringed instrument (pl.); lyre · faith, loyalty; honesty; credit; confidence, trust, belief; good faith
Morphology3 analyses
nominative pluralfid + es · regular
vocative pluralfid + es · regular
accusative pluralfid + es · regular
Lewis & Short
fĭdes, ĕi, [fido]
scanned fĭdēï, Enn. — and form of the fide, like die, facie, ; P. — fide; Enn. , or Ann. 111 ed. Vahl., trust in a person or thing, faith, confidence, reliance, credence, belief (: fidelitas, fiducia, confidentia).
; in the foll.: neque pauci, neque leves sunt, qui se duo soles vidisse dicant; fidem facit oratio, awakens or produces belief — With object-clauses: tibi fidem faciemus, nos ea suadere, quae, , will convince, Balb. et , A. ; and: fidem addere, to give credence ( fidem demere)
, in mercant. lang., credit; Drak.; : res fidesque, for fame and fortune, property and credit, entire resources; Cort.
Beyond the mercant. sphere ( and in prose).
, that which produces confidence or belief.
The quality that produces confidence in a person, trustworthiness, faithfulness, conscientiousness, credibility, honesty; in things, credibility, truth,
(erroneously regarded by Cicero as the primary signif. of the word; wherefore he derived it from fio; the foll. passages): Beier; : ille vir haud magna cum re sed plenu' fidei, Enn. (Ann. 342 ed. Vahl.): ubi societas? ubi fides majorum? Cato : nulla sancta societas, nec fides regni est, Enn. (Trag. 412 ed. Vahl.); Eu. Dic bona fide: tu id aurum non surripuisti? Ly. Bona. Eu. Neque scis, quis abstulerit? Ly. Istuc quoque bona.
Of inanim. and abstr. things.
In poets several times, faithful, true fulfilment of a promise.
, in jurid. lang., bona fides, good faith, sincerity; hence, EX FIDE BONA or BONA FIDE, in good faith, sincerely, honestly, conscientiously; quanti verba illa: VTI NE PROPTER TE FIDEMVE TVAM CAPTVS FRAVDATVSVE SIEM, Q. quidem Scaevola, pontifex maximus, summam vim esse dicebat in omnibus iis arbitriis, in quibus adderetur EX FIDE BONA: praetor ait: QVI BONA FIDE EMIT,
An assurance that produces confidence, a promise, engagement, word, assurance, confirmation.
: accipe daque fidem, Enn. (Ann. 33 ed. Vahl.); so: quantum mea fides studii mihi afferat, my plighted word (to defend the king).
Pregn., a given promise of protection or security, a guaranty; hence, , protection, guardian care; Vulturcius interrogatus. primo fingere alia; ; jura fidemque supplicis erubuit (Achilles), the protection due to a suppliant.
The faith, the Christian religion as a system of belief ( )
Fides, as a goddess: ( ed. Vahl.); Müll.
fĭdes, ium, , , [=]
a stringed instrument, lyre, lute, cithern.
In (only so in classic prose): Fides genus citharae, Paul. ex Müll.; Fi. Fides non reddis? Pe. Neque fides neque tibias.
()
Prov.: vetus adagium est: Nihil cum fidibus graculo, ignoramuses have nothing to do with poetry, Gell. N. A. praef. § 19.
, Fides, is, , a constellation, Lyra, the Lyre.
, in , nervus, chorda, a string of a musical instrument.
Lemma 4fides
nounfeminine
a chord, string (of a musical instrument) · faith, loyalty; honesty; credit; confidence, trust, belief; good faith
Morphology5 analyses
nominative pluralfid + es · regular
vocative pluralfid + es · regular
accusative pluralfid + es · regular
nominative singularfides · regular
vocative singularfides · regular
Lewis & Short
fĭdes, ĕi, [fido]
scanned fĭdēï, Enn. — and form of the fide, like die, facie, ; P. — fide; Enn. , or Ann. 111 ed. Vahl., trust in a person or thing, faith, confidence, reliance, credence, belief (: fidelitas, fiducia, confidentia).
; in the foll.: neque pauci, neque leves sunt, qui se duo soles vidisse dicant; fidem facit oratio, awakens or produces belief — With object-clauses: tibi fidem faciemus, nos ea suadere, quae, , will convince, Balb. et , A. ; and: fidem addere, to give credence ( fidem demere)
, in mercant. lang., credit; Drak.; : res fidesque, for fame and fortune, property and credit, entire resources; Cort.
Beyond the mercant. sphere ( and in prose).
, that which produces confidence or belief.
The quality that produces confidence in a person, trustworthiness, faithfulness, conscientiousness, credibility, honesty; in things, credibility, truth,
(erroneously regarded by Cicero as the primary signif. of the word; wherefore he derived it from fio; the foll. passages): Beier; : ille vir haud magna cum re sed plenu' fidei, Enn. (Ann. 342 ed. Vahl.): ubi societas? ubi fides majorum? Cato : nulla sancta societas, nec fides regni est, Enn. (Trag. 412 ed. Vahl.); Eu. Dic bona fide: tu id aurum non surripuisti? Ly. Bona. Eu. Neque scis, quis abstulerit? Ly. Istuc quoque bona.
Of inanim. and abstr. things.
In poets several times, faithful, true fulfilment of a promise.
, in jurid. lang., bona fides, good faith, sincerity; hence, EX FIDE BONA or BONA FIDE, in good faith, sincerely, honestly, conscientiously; quanti verba illa: VTI NE PROPTER TE FIDEMVE TVAM CAPTVS FRAVDATVSVE SIEM, Q. quidem Scaevola, pontifex maximus, summam vim esse dicebat in omnibus iis arbitriis, in quibus adderetur EX FIDE BONA: praetor ait: QVI BONA FIDE EMIT,
An assurance that produces confidence, a promise, engagement, word, assurance, confirmation.
: accipe daque fidem, Enn. (Ann. 33 ed. Vahl.); so: quantum mea fides studii mihi afferat, my plighted word (to defend the king).
Pregn., a given promise of protection or security, a guaranty; hence, , protection, guardian care; Vulturcius interrogatus. primo fingere alia; ; jura fidemque supplicis erubuit (Achilles), the protection due to a suppliant.
The faith, the Christian religion as a system of belief ( )
Fides, as a goddess: ( ed. Vahl.); Müll.
fĭdes, ium, , , [=]
a stringed instrument, lyre, lute, cithern.
In (only so in classic prose): Fides genus citharae, Paul. ex Müll.; Fi. Fides non reddis? Pe. Neque fides neque tibias.
()
Prov.: vetus adagium est: Nihil cum fidibus graculo, ignoramuses have nothing to do with poetry, Gell. N. A. praef. § 19.
, Fides, is, , a constellation, Lyra, the Lyre.
, in , nervus, chorda, a string of a musical instrument.
Lemma 5fidis
nounfeminine
lyre
Morphology3 analyses
nominative pluralfid + es · regular
vocative pluralfid + es · regular
accusative pluralfid + es · regular
Lewis & Short
fĭdis, is,
See 2. fides, I.
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