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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=fidus fida, fidum ADJ :: faithful, loyal; trusting, confident
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>fīdus</b>: = [[foedus]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[league]], v. 2. [[foedus]] init.<br /><b>fīdus</b>: a, um, adj. [[fido]], [[that]] one [[may]] rely on,<br /><b>I</b> [[trusty]], truslworthy, [[faithful]], [[sure]] ([[class]].).<br /><b>I</b> Prop., constr. absol., [[with]] dat., [[poet]]. also [[with]] gen.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Absol.: [[nihil]] est stabile [[quod]] infidum ... Neque [[enim]] fidum potest esse [[multiplex]] [[ingenium]] et tortuosum, Cic. Lael. 18, 65; cf.: ([[amico]]) [[probo]] et fideli et [[fido]] et cum magna [[fide]], Plaut. Trin. 4, 4, 4: tum se intellexisse, quos fidos amicos habuisset, quos infidos, Cic. Lael. 15, 53: amici, Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 24: sodales, id. S. 2, 1, 30: fidissima [[atque]] optima [[uxor]], Cic. Fam. 14, 4, 6: conjux, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 142: [[bonus]] [[atque]] [[fidus]] judex, [[impartial]], id. C. 4, 9, 40: medici, id. Ep. 1, 8, 9: [[interpres]], id. A. P. 133: fidiora haec genera hominum [[fore]] [[ratus]], Liv. 40, 3, 4: [[nihil]] fidum, [[nihil]] exploratum habere, Cic. Lael. 26, 97: familiaritates fidae, id. Off. 2, 8, 30: canum tam fida [[custodia]], id. N. D. 2, 63, 158: vis canum, Lucr. 6, 1222; cf.: [[pectus]] canum, id. 5, 864: [[pectus]], Hor. C. 2, 12, 16: [[fido]] [[animo]], [[firm]], [[steadfast]], Liv. 25, 15, 13. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> With dat.: (servum) quem domino fidissimum credebat, Liv. 33, 28, 13 ([[but]] cf.: [[fidus]] est [[amicus]], [[fidelis]] [[servus]], [[Don]]. Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 26): quae fida fuit nulli, Tib. 1, 6, 77: nec [[tibi]] fidam promittis Lacaenam, Ov. H. 5, 99: ne [[quid]] [[usquam]] fidum proditori esset, no [[faith]] should be kept [[with]] a [[traitor]], Liv. 1, 11, 7: ut eos sibi fidiores redderet, Just. 16, 5, 2.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> Poet. [[with]] gen.: [[regina]] tui fidissima, [[most]] [[faithful]] [[towards]] [[you]], Verg. A. 12, 659; and [[with]] gen. partit.: juvenum fidos, lectissima [[bello]] Corpora, sollicitat [[pretio]], the [[trusty]] ones, trustiest of the [[youth]], Stat. Th. 2, 483.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>D</b> With in or ad, and acc.: in amicos fidissimus, Eutr. 7, 8: fidi ad bella duces, Nemes. Cyn. 82.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>E</b> With in and abl.: sperabam te mihi fidum in hoc nostro amore [[fore]], Cat. 91, 1 sq. —<br /><b>II</b> Transf., objectively of inanim. and abstr. things, [[sure]], [[certain]], [[safe]], [[trustworthy]] ([[mostly]] [[poet]]. and in [[post]]-Aug. [[prose]]; in Cic. Att. 9, 6, 10, [[fuga]] fida is not [[critically]] [[certain]]; v. Orell. N. cr. ad loc.).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Absol.: aures, Ov. M. 10, 382: [[spes]] fidissima Teucrum, Verg. A. 2, 281: [[ensis]], [[trusty]], id. ib. 6, 524: alii litora cursu fida petunt, id. ib. 2, 400: nec [[unquam]] [[satis]] fida [[potentia]], ubi nimia est, Tac. H. 2, 92: [[pons]] [[validus]] et [[fidus]], id. A. 15, 15 fin.: [[male]] fidas provincias, id. H. 1, 52. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> With dat.: ([[oppidum]]) naviganti celerrimum fidissimumque appulsu, Tac. A. 3, 1; cf.: [[statio]] [[male]] fida carinis, Verg. A. 2, 23: montem tantos [[inter]] ardores opacum et fidum nivibus, Tac. H. 5, 6.—Sup.: nox arcanis fidissima, Ov. M. 7, 192: camelino (genitali) [[arcus]] intendere, orientis populis fidissimum, the surest, Plin. 11, 49, 109, § 261: [[refugium]], Tac. A. 5, 8. — Hence, adv.: fīde, [[faithfully]], [[trustily]] (perh. [[only]] in the [[sup]].): quae mihi a te ad timorem fidissime [[atque]] amantissime proponuntur, Cic. Fam. 2, 16, 4 (al. fidelissime): fidissime amicissimeque vixerunt, Gell. 12, 8, 6.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=(1) <b>fīdus</b>,⁸ a, um,<br /><b>1</b> à qui (à [[quoi]]) on peut se fier, fidèle, sûr : Cic. Læl. 53 ; 65 ; fidissima [[uxor]] Cic. Fam. 14, 4, 6, épouse très fidèle ; fidiora genera hominum Liv. 40, 3, 4, races d’hommes auxquelles on pouvait se fier davantage ; canum [[tam]] fida [[custodia]] Cic. Nat. 2, 158, la garde si fidèle des chiens &#124;&#124; [poét., avec dat., gén., in acc.] fidèle à : [[domino]] fidissimus Liv. 33, 28, 13, très fidèle à son maître, cf. Tib. 1, 6, 77 ; [[regina]] [[tui]] fidissima Virg. En. 12, 659, la reine qui t’[[est]] si dévouée ; in amicos Eutr. 7, 8, dévoué à ses amis, cf. Just. 37, 1, 3<br /><b>2</b> [en parl. de choses] sûr, assuré, qui ne cache aucun piège : [[pons]] [[validus]] et [[fidus]] Tac. Ann. 15, 15, pont [[solide]] et sûr ; [[numquam]] [[satis]] fida [[potentia]] [[ubi]]... Tac. H. 2, 92, la puissance n’[[est]] jamais sûre quand... ; [[statio]] [[male]] fida carinis Virg. En. 2, 23, mouillage peu sûr pour les vaisseaux ; [[mons]] [[fidus]] nivibus Tac. H. 5, 6, montagne où les neiges ont un asile sûr.<br />(2) <b>fīdus</b> = fœdus, traité : [[Varro]] L. 5, 86.|
|[poét., avec dat., gén., in acc.] fidèle à : [[domino]] fidissimus Liv. 33, 28, 13, très fidèle à son maître, cf. Tib. 1, 6, 77 ; [[regina]] [[tui]] fidissima Virg. En. 12, 659, la reine qui t’[[est]] si dévouée ; in amicos Eutr. 7, 8, dévoué à ses amis, cf. Just. 37, 1, 3<br /><b>2</b> [en parl. de choses] sûr, assuré, qui ne cache aucun piège : [[pons]] [[validus]] et [[fidus]] Tac. Ann. 15, 15, pont [[solide]] et sûr ; [[numquam]] [[satis]] fida [[potentia]] [[ubi]]... Tac. H. 2, 92, la puissance n’[[est]] jamais sûre quand... ; [[statio]] [[male]] fida carinis Virg. En. 2, 23, mouillage peu sûr pour les vaisseaux ; [[mons]] [[fidus]] nivibus Tac. H. 5, 6, montagne où les neiges ont un asile sûr.<br />(2) <b>fīdus</b>=fœdus, traité : [[Varro]] L. 5, 86.
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{{Georges
|georg=(1) fīdus<sup>1</sup>, a, um (fīdo), dem [[man]] [[trauen]] kann, [[verlässig]], [[zuverlässig]], [[sicher]], u. in diesem Sinne = [[treu]] [[ergeben]], [[treu]] (Ggstz. infīdus), I) v. Pers.u. deren [[Gesinnung]]: α) absol.: [[amicus]] [[probus]] et [[fidelis]] et [[fidus]], Plaut.: amici [[fidi]] (Ggstz. infidi), Cic.: [[bonus]] [[atque]] [[fidus]] [[iudex]], Hor.: f. [[coniunx]], Ov.: rebus [[male]] [[fidus]] acerbis, im [[Unglück]] [[treulos]], Ov. – Compar., fidiora [[haec]] genera hominum [[fore]] [[ratus]] in Romano [[bello]], Liv. 40, 3, 4. – Superl., mea [[Terentia]], fidissima [[atque]] optima [[uxor]], Cic.: [[rex]] [[Hiero]], fidissimus imperii [[Romani]] [[cultor]], Liv.: [[exercitus]] fidissimus et constantissimus, Cic.: libertorum fidissimi, Suet.: duos [[quam]] fidissimos ad [[eum]] mitteret, Sall. – β) m. Dat.: Abelux [[fidus]] [[ante]] Poenis, Liv.: Iulianis partibus [[fidus]], Vell.: [[ego]] [[sum]] [[tibi]] [[firme]] [[fidus]], Plaut.: [[quo]] [[sibi]] fidum faceret (exercitum), Sall. – Compar., ut [[eos]] [[sibi]] fidiores et dominis infestiores redderet, Iustin. 16, 5, 2. – Superl., [[servus]], quem ex omnibus [[domino]] fidissimum credebat, Liv. 33, 28, 13: ne per [[summum]] [[dedecus]] fidissimos [[suis]] rebus Thapsitanos et Vergilium amitteret, Auct. b. Afr. 79, 2. – γ) m. Genet.: [[regina]] tui fidissima, Verg. Aen. 12, 659. – δ) m. in od. ad u. Akk.: fidior tum [[populus]] [[Romanus]] in socii filios [[quam]] [[mater]] in liberos fuit, Iustin. 37, 1, 3: in amicos fidissimus, Eutr. 7, 8. – [[fidi]] ad bella duces, [[Nemes]]. cyn. 82. – ε) m. in u. Abl.: sperabam te [[mihi]] fidum in [[misero]] [[hoc]] nostro amore [[fore]], Catull. 91, 1 sq. – II) v. Lebl.: α) absol.: fida [[inter]] [[eos]] [[amicitia]], Nep.: f. coniugis [[amor]], Catull.: f. uxoris amores, Tibull.: familiaritates fidae amantium [[nos]] amicorom, Cic.: [[tam]] f. canum [[custodia]], Cic. (vgl. fidissimam [[esse]] custodiam principis innocentiam, Plin. pan.): Romanis [[pax]] fida cum [[Porsena]] fuit, Liv.: intentior et fidā oratione, [[mit]] Aufrichtigkeit, Tac.: ne [[quid]] [[usquam]] fidum proditori esset, daß [[ein]] V. [[nirgends]] [[auf]] [[Treue]] [[zählen]] könnte, daß einem V. [[nirgends]] [[Wort]] gehalten würde, Liv.: [[maiestas]] est [[Iovis]] fidissima [[custos]], Ov. – v. konkr. Lebl., litora, Verg.: [[validus]] et f. [[pons]], Tac.: [[galea]], [[ensis]], Verg.: [[nec]] [[ubi]] consisteret [[nec]] [[quid]] fidum respiceret habenti, [[einen]] [[sichern]] [[Punkt]], [[auf]] den er [[sich]] [[zurückziehen]] könnte, Liv.: [[oppidum]] [[Brundisium]], [[quod]] naviganti celerrimum fidissimumque appulsu, [[wohin]] der schnellste Seeweg u. wo der sicherste [[Landungsplatz]] war, Tac. – β) m. Dat.: [[statio]] [[male]] fida nautis, [[ein]] gefährlicher, tückischer Ankerplatz [[für]] die Sch., Verg.: [[terra]] sit exiliis ut tua fida meis, Ov.: [[Libanus]] tantos [[inter]] ardores [[opacus]] fidusque nivibus, den [[Schnee]] haltend, Tac.: [[Cynosura]] fidissima nautis, Sil.<br />'''(2)''' fīdus<sup>2</sup> = [[foedus]] ([[Bündnis]]), [[Varro]] LL. 5, 86.
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{{trml
|trtx====[[trustworthy]]===
Arabic: ثِقَةٌ‎; Egyptian Arabic: امين‎; Armenian: վստահելի, հուսալի; Bashkir: ышаныслы, яуаплы; Belarusian: надзейны, дакладны; Bulgarian: заслужаващ доверие; Catalan: fidedigne, fiable; Chinese Mandarin: 可信, 可靠; Czech: důvěryhodný; Danish: troværdig; Dutch: [[betrouwbaar]]; Esperanto: fidinda; Finnish: luotettava, luottamuksen arvoinen; French: [[de confiance]], [[digne de confiance]], [[digne de foi]], [[fiable]]; Galician: fidedigno, fiucego, confiábel; Georgian: სანდო, სანდომიანი, საიმედო, ნდობის ღირსი; German: [[vertrauenswürdig]], [[glaubwürdig]]Greek: [[αξιόπιστος]]; Ancient Greek: [[ἀξιόπιστος]], [[ἀξιόχρεος]], [[ἀξιόχρεως]], [[δόκιμος]], [[ἔμπιστος]], [[εὔπιστος]], [[ἐχέγγυος]], [[ἠθαῖος]], [[ἠθεῖος]], [[πιστευτός]], [[πιστικός]], [[πίστιος]], [[πιστός]], [[σαφής]], [[φερέγγυος]]; Hungarian: megbízható; Irish: barántúil; Italian: [[affidabile]], [[attendibile]], [[credibile]], [[fidato]]; Japanese: 頼もしい, 信頼できる, 着実; Khmer: គួរឱ្យទុកចិត្ត; Latin: [[fidus]]; Manx: barrantagh; Maori: horopū; Ngazidja Comorian: -aminifu; Norwegian: pålitelig, til å stole på; Bokmål: troverdig; Nynorsk: truverdig, påliteleg; Portuguese: [[confiável]]; Romanian: sigur, demn de încredere; Russian: [[надёжный]], [[благонадёжный]], [[достоверный]], [[верный]]; Scottish Gaelic: earbsach; Spanish: [[fidedigno]], [[fiable]], [[de confianza]], [[confiable]], [[de fiar]]; Swedish: pålitlig, trovärdig; Tagalog: mapagkakatiwalaan, maaasahan; Telugu: విశ్వసనీయము, నమ్మదగిన; Thai: น่าไว้ใจ; Ukrainian: наді́йний, достові́рний
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