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|lshtext=<b>fĭdes</b>: ĕi (<br /><b>I</b> gen. [[sing]]. scanned fĭdēï, Enn. ap. Cic. de Sen. 1, 1; Lucr. 5, 102.— Ante-[[class]]. and [[poet]]. form of the gen. [[fide]], [[like]] [[die]], facie, etc., Plaut. Aul. 4, 6, 1; id. Poen. 4, 2, 68; Ov. M. 3, 341; 6, 506; 7, 728; 737; Hor. C. 3, 7, 4; cf. Prisc. p. 781 P.; [[Charis]]. p. 53 ib.; Ritschl, Proleg. p. 90.— Dat. [[fide]], Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 80; 91; 105; Enn. ap. Non. 112, 1, or Ann. v. 111 ed. Vahl.; Hor. S. 1, 3, 95), f. [[fido]], [[trust]] in a [[person]] or [[thing]], [[faith]], [[confidence]], [[reliance]], [[credence]], [[belief]] (syn.: [[fidelitas]], [[fiducia]], [[confidentia]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen.: si sciat [[noster]] [[senex]], fidem non esse huic habitam, [[that]] he has not been trusted, Plaut. As. 2, 4, 52; cf.: [[fides]] ut habeatur, duabus rebus effici potest ... iis fidem habemus, quos [[plus]] intelligere [[quam]] nos arbitramur ... bonis viris ita [[fides]] habetur, ut nulla [[sit]] in iis fraudis injuriaeque [[suspicio]] ... [[prudentia]] [[sine]] justitia [[nihil]] valeat ad faciendam fidem, etc., to [[give]] [[confidence]], [[produce]] [[confidence]], Cic. Off. 2, 9, 33; see in the foll.: [[neque]] [[pauci]], [[neque]] leves sunt, qui se duo soles vidisse dicant; ut non tam [[fides]] non habenda, [[quam]] [[ratio]] quaerenda [[sit]], to [[give]] [[credence]], id. Rep. 1, 10; cf.: [[quod]] si insanorum visis [[fides]] non est habenda, [[quia]] falsa sunt, [[cur]] credatur somniantium visis, etc., id. Div. 2, 59, 122: si ita posset defendere, [[tamen]] [[fides]] huic defensioni non haberetur, id. Verr. 2, 5, 57, § 148: me miseram! [[forsitan]] hic mihi parvam habeat fidem, Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 117; cf.: cum jam [[minor]] [[fabulis]] haberetur [[fides]], Cic. Rep. 2, 10: (fidem) majorem [[tibi]] habui [[quam]] [[paene]] ipsi mihi, id. Fam. 5, 20, 2; cf. id. ib. 7, 18, 1: ex aliis ei maximam fidem habebat, Caes. B. G. 1, 41, 4: cui maximam fidem suarum rerum habeat, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 53, § 131; cf.: cui summam omnium rerum fidem habebat, Caes. B. G. 1, 19, 3: fidem commenticiis rebus adjungere, Cic. Div. 2, 55, 113: testimonio fidem tribuere, id. Sull. 3, 10; cf.: [[Cratippus]] iisdem rebus fidem tribuit, id. Div. 1, 3, 5: et auctoritatem orationi affert et fidem, id. Or. 34, 120: si tota [[oratio]] nostra omnem sibi fidem sensibus confirmat, id. Fin. 1, 21, 71: constituere fidem, id. Part. Or. 9, 31: fidem facit [[oratio]], awakens or produces [[belief]], id. Brut. 50, 187; cf.: [[quoniam]] auribus vestris ... minorem fidem faceret [[oratio]] mea, id. Cat. 3, 2, 4: [[aliquamdiu]] [[fides]] fieri non poterat, Caes. B. C. 2, 37, 1; so [[with]] [[dare]] ([[rare]]): res ipsa fidem sermoni meo dabit, App. M. 4, p. 146, 25: [[Hercules]] cui ea res immortalitatis fidem dedit, [[assured]] of, Just. 24, 4, 4; Plin. [[Pan]]. 74, 3.—With [[object]]-clauses: fac fidem, te [[nihil]] [[nisi]] populi utilitatem et fructum quaerere, [[evince]], [[show]], Cic. Agr. 2, 8, 22: [[tibi]] fidem faciemus, nos ea suadere, quae, etc., [[will]] [[convince]], Balb. et Opp. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 8, A. fin.: mihi [[fides]] [[apud]] hunc est, [[nihil]] me istius facturum, Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 10; cf.: cum vix [[fides]] esset, rem ullo [[modo]] successuram, Suet. Vesp. 7: [[male]] fidem servando illis [[quoque]] abrogant fidem, Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 41: quorum rebus gestis, fidem et auctoritatem in testimonio inimicitiarum [[suspicio]] derogavit, Cic. Font. 7, 13; cf.: alicui abrogare fidem juris jurandi, id. Rosc. Com. 15, 44; and: omnibus abrogatur [[fides]], id. Ac. 2, 11, 36: quae res fidem abrogat orationi, Auct. Her. 1, 10, 17: imminuit et oratoris auctoritatem et orationis fidem, Cic. de Or. 2, 37, 156: [[multa]] fidem promissa levant, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 10: fidem addere, to [[give]] [[credence]] (opp. fidem demere): ex ingenio suo [[quisque]] demat vel addat fidem, Tac. G. 3 fin.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic., in mercant. lang., [[credit]]: cum [[fides]] totā Italiā esset angustior, [[neque]] creditae pecuniae solverentur, Caes. B. C. 3, 1, 2; cf.: scimus, Romae solutione impedita fidem concidisse, Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 7, 19: [[fides]] de [[foro]] sublata erat, id. Agr. 2, 3, 8: labefacta jam [[fide]], [[credit]] [[being]] impaired, Suet. Vesp. 4: [[pecunia]] suā aut amicorum [[fide]] sumpta mutua, Sall. C. 24, 2: non [[contentus]] agrariis legibus fidem moliri coepit, Liv. 6, 11, 8; cf.: fidem abrogare, id. 6, 41, 11: fidemque remque, perdere, [[credit]] and [[means]], Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 36; cf.: res eos jampridem, [[fides]] deficere [[nuper]] coepit, Cic. Cat. 2, 5, 10: [[nisi]] [[fide]] staret res publica, opibus non staturam, Liv. 23, 48, 9 Drak.; freq.: res fidesque, for [[fame]] and [[fortune]], [[property]] and [[credit]], i. e. [[entire]] [[resources]], Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 18; id. Truc. 1, 1, 24; 38; id. Most. 1, 2, 64; Sall. J. 73, 6 Cort.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Beyond the mercant. [[sphere]] ([[poet]]. and in [[post]]-Aug. [[prose]]): segetis certa [[fides]] meae, i. e. [[return]], [[yield]], Hor. C. 3, 16, 30: at [[tibi]] ... Persolvat nullā semina certa [[fide]], Tib. 2, 3, 62: [[fallax]] [[fides]] unius anni, Plin. [[Pan]]. 32, 4: [[quia]] hanc ejus terrae fidem [[Menander]] eludit, Quint. 12, 10, 25.<br /><b>II</b> Transf., [[that]] [[which]] produces [[confidence]] or [[belief]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> The [[quality]] [[that]] produces [[confidence]] in a [[person]], [[trustworthiness]], [[faithfulness]], [[conscientiousness]], [[credibility]], [[honesty]]; in things, [[credibility]], [[truth]], etc.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In gen. ([[erroneously]] regarded by [[Cicero]] as the [[primary]] signif. of the [[word]]; [[wherefore]] he [[derived]] it from fio;<br /> v. the foll. passages): [[fundamentum]] justitiae est [[fides]], id est dictorum conventorumque [[constantia]] et [[veritas]]. Ex quo, audeamus imitari Stoicos, credamusque, [[quia]] fiat, [[quod]] [[dictum]] est, appellatam fidem, Cic. Off. 1, 7, 23 Beier; cf. id. Fragm. ap. Non. 24, 17 (Rep. 4, 7, p. 428 ed. Mos.); id. Fam. 16, 10 fin.: justitia creditis in rebus [[fides]] nominatur, id. Part. Or. 22, 78: meo periculo hujus ego experiar fidem, Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 99; cf.: [[fides]] fidelitasque amicum [[erga]], id. Trin. 5, 2, 2: [[homo]] antiqua virtute ac [[fide]], Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 88; cf.: [[exemplum]] antiquae probitatis et fidei, Cic. Rep. 3, 5: esse [[summa]] probitate ac [[fide]], id. ib. 3, 17: vir aequissimus, singulari [[fide]], id. ib. 3, 17: quorum [[fides]] est laudata, id. ib. 2, 36: quibus facillime justitia et [[fides]] convalescit, id. ib. 2, 14: [[unde]] justitia, [[fides]], [[aequitas]]? id. ib. 1, 2: cujus virtuti, fidei, felicitati ([[Gallia]]) commendata est, id. Prov. Cons. 14, 35: [[aequitas]] et [[fides]], id. Rep. 1, 35; cf.: si [[pudor]] quaeritur, si [[probitas]], si [[fides]], id. ib. 3, 18 fin.: quanta [[fide]], quanta religione, id. Font. 6, 13: [[hinc]] [[fides]], [[illinc]] [[fraudatio]], id. Cat. 2, 11, 25: [[ille]] vir [[haud]] magna cum re sed plenu' fidei, Enn. ap. Cic. de Sen. 1, 1 (Ann. v. 342 ed. Vahl.): ubi [[societas]]? ubi [[fides]] majorum? [[Cato]] ap. Gell. 10, 3, 17: nulla sancta [[societas]], nec [[fides]] regni est, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 8, 26 (Trag. v. 412 ed. Vahl.): mea eraga te [[fides]] et [[benevolentia]], Cic. Fam. 1, 5, 1: pro vetere ac perpetua [[erga]] populum Romanum [[fide]], Caes. B. G. 5, 54, 4: in [[fide]] [[atque]] [[amicitia]] civitatis Aeduae, id. ib. 2, 14, 2: in [[fide]] manere, id. ib. 7, 4, 5; cf.: sincera [[fide]] in [[pace]] [[Ligures]] esse, Liv. 40, 34, 11: si [[tibi]] optima [[fide]] sua omnia concessit, Cic. Rosc. Am. 49, 144: praestare fidem, id. Div. 2, 37, 79; id. Top. 10, 42; id. Att. 16, 7, 2; id. Fam. 1, 7, 6: te oro per tuam fidem, ne, etc., Ter. And. 1, 5, 55: Eu. Dic bona [[fide]]: tu id [[aurum]] non surripuisti? Ly. [[Bona]]. Eu. Neque scis, [[quis]] abstulerit? Ly. Istuc [[quoque]] bona, Plaut. Mil. 4, 10, 42: de [[pace]] cum [[fide]] agere, Liv. 32, 33, 10: jussas cum [[fide]] poenas luam, Hor. Epod. 17, 37: haecne [[marita]] [[fides]]? Prop. 4 (5), 3, 11: Aeacidae dederat pacis pignusque fidemque, [[faithful]] [[bail]], Ov. M. 12, 365: perjura patris [[fides]], [[perjured]] [[faith]], [[dishonesty]], Hor. C. 3, 24, 59 et saep.—Prov.: [[fides]] ut [[anima]], [[unde]] abiit, eo [[numquam]] redit, Pub. Syr. 181 (Rib.): fidem qui perdit, quo se servet relicuo, id. 166.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Of inanim. and abstr. things: nam cum Gabinii [[levitas]] ... omnem tabularum fidem resignasset, etc., [[trustworthiness]], [[credibility]], Cic. Arch. 5, 9; cf.: [[nunc]] [[vero]] [[quam]] habere auctoritatem et [[quam]] fidem possunt (litterae)? id. Fl. 9, 21; and: visa, quae fidem nullam habebunt, id. Ac. 2, 18, 58 fin.; and: qui non speciem expositionis sed fidem quaerit, [[truth]], Quint. 10, 1, 32: [[aliter]] oraculorum, [[aliter]] haruspicum [[fides]] confirmari aut refelli potest, id. 5, 7, 36: probationum, id. 4 praef. § 6: [[liber]] spectatae fidei, Gell. 1, 7, 1: [[paulum]] distare ab eo (lapide) in unguentorum [[fide]] multi existimant Lygdinos, etc., in [[faithful]] [[preservation]], [[keeping]] in [[good]] [[condition]], Plin. 36, 8, 13, § 62.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>c</b> In poets [[several]] times, [[faithful]], true [[fulfilment]] of a [[promise]]: dicta [[fides]] sequitur, Ov. M. 3, 527 (cf.: res dicta secuta est, id. ib. 4, 550): vota [[fides]] sequitur, id. ib. 8, 713: promissa exhibuere fidem, were [[fulfilled]], id. ib. 7, 323; cf.: en haec promissa [[fides]] est? is this the [[fulfilment]] of the [[oracle]]? Verg. A. 6, 346.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In partic., in jurid. lang., bona [[fides]], [[good]] [[faith]], [[sincerity]]; [[hence]], EX FIDE BONA or BONA FIDE, in [[good]] [[faith]], [[sincerely]], [[honestly]], [[conscientiously]]: arbitrum illum adegit, QVICQVID SIBI DARE FACERE OPORTERET EX FIDE BONA, Cic. Off. 3, 16, 66; cf.: quanti verba [[illa]]: VTI NE PROPTER TE FIDEMVE TVAM CAPTVS FRAVDATVSVE SIEM, etc.... Q. [[quidem]] [[Scaevola]], [[pontifex]] [[maximus]], summam vim esse dicebat in omnibus iis arbitriis, in quibus adderetur EX FIDE BONA; fideique bonae, [[nomen]] existimabat manare latissime, idque versari in tutelis societatibus, fiduciis mandatis, rebus emptis venditis, conductis locatis, etc., id. ib. 3, 17, 70; id. Att. 6, 1, 15: [[praetor]] ait: QVI BONA FIDE EMIT, etc., Dig. 6, 2, 7, § 11 sq.; cf.: bonae fidei emptori subrepta re [[quam]] emerit, Just. Inst. 4, 1, 15: ubi lex inhibet usucapionem, bona [[fides]] possidenti [[nihil]] prodest, Dig. 41, 3, 24: tot judicia de [[fide]] [[mala]], quae ex empto aut [[vendito]] aut conducto aut locato [[contra]] fidem fiunt, etc., i. e. [[deception]], [[dishonesty]], Cic. N. D. 3, 30, 74: bonā [[fide]] = certissime, Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 30; id. Aul. 4, 10, 42; id. Capt. 4, 2, 110; cf.: [[mala]] [[fide]], Dig. 41, 2, 1, § 6.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> An [[assurance]] [[that]] produces [[confidence]], a [[promise]], [[engagement]], [[word]], [[assurance]], [[confirmation]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In gen.: [[fide]] [[data]], credamus, Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 61: accipe daque fidem, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 33 ed. Vahl.): [[atque]] [[etiam]], si [[quid]] [[singuli]] temporibus adducti hosti promiserunt, est in eo ipso [[fides]] conservanda: ut [[primo]] Punico [[bello]] [[Regulus]] ... ad [[supplicium]] redire maluit, [[quam]] fidem hosti datam fallere, Cic. Off. 1, 13, 39; cf. id. Fin. 2, 20, 65: fidem [[dare]], violare, in [[fide]] non [[stare]], id. Rab. Perd. 10, 28: Pompei [[fides]], [[quam]] de me Caesari dederat, id. Fam. 1, 9, 12: [[inter]] se fidem et jusjurandum [[dare]], Caes. B. G. 1, 3 fin.: obligare fidem alicui, to [[plight]] one's [[faith]], Cic. Phil. 5, 18, 51; cf.: fidem reliquis interponere, Caes. B. G. 5, 6 fin.: [[fide]] mea [[spondeo]], futurum ut, etc., Plin. Ep. 1, 14, 10: [[diffidens]], de [[numero]] dierum Caesarem fidem servaturum, Caes. B. G. 6, 36, 1: si fidem [[mecum]] servas, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 48: [[tecum]] servavi fidem, id. Capt. 5, 1, 10; id. Merc. 3, 1, 33: [[fides]] juris jurandi cum hoste servanda, Cic. Off. 3, 29, 107: fidem [[erga]] imperatorem conservare, Caes. B. C. 1, 84, 3: fidem [[erga]] populum Romanum servare, Liv. 24, 4, 5: servata [[erga]] Galbam, Tac. H. 1, 71: in regem suum servata, Curt. 6, 5, 2: ut fidem [[vobis]] praestaremus, Liv. 28, 39, 2; so, fidem alicui praestare, Curt. 6, 4, 9; Liv. 30, 15, 5; Sen. Ben. 5, 21, 1: non servata [[fides]] deditis est, Liv. 24, 1, 10; cf. Cic. de Sen. 20, 75; Sen. Ep. 71, 17: fidem suam liberare, to [[perform]] his [[promise]], Cic. Fl. 20, 47; cf.: fidem alicujus liberare, id. Fam. 12, 7, 2: so, fidem exsolvere, Liv. 3, 19, 1; 22, 23, 8; 24, 16, 12; Plin. Ep. 2, 12, 6; Luc. 9, 98 al.: fidem frangere, Cic. Rosc. Com. 6, 16; for [[which]] violare, v. [[above]], id. Rab. Perd. 10, 28: fidem amittere, Nep. Eum. 10: istius [[fide]] ac [[potius]] perfidiā decepti, Cic. Rosc. Am. 38, 110: [[quantum]] mea [[fides]] studii mihi afferat, my plighted [[word]] (to [[defend]] the [[king]]), id. Deiot. 1, 1: contioni [[deinde]] [[edicto]] addidit fidem, confirmed, Liv. 2, 24, 6.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Pregn., a given [[promise]] of [[protection]] or [[security]], a guaranty; [[hence]], in gen., [[protection]], [[guardian]] [[care]]: introduxi Vulturcium [[sine]] Gallis: fidem ei publicam jussu [[senatus]] dedi, promised him [[protection]], [[security]], in the [[name]] of the [[public]], Cic. Cat. 3, 4, 8; cf.: [[Vulturcius]] interrogatus ... [[primo]] fingere [[alia]]; [[post]], ubi [[fide]] publica dicere jussus est, omnia uti [[gesta]] erant aperit, Sall. C. 47, 1: cum se diceret indicaturum de conjuratione, si [[fides]] publica [[data]] esset, id. ib. 48, 4: uti L. [[Cassius]] ad Jugurtham mitteretur, eumque interposita [[fide]] publica Romam duceret, id. J. 32, 1; cf.: [[privatim]] [[praeterea]] fidem suam interponit, [[quam]] [[ille]] non minoris [[quam]] publicam ducebat, id. ib. fin.: qui Romam [[fide]] publica venerat, id. ib. 35, 7; so, [[too]], [[simply]] [[fides]]: Lusitani [[contra]] interpositam fidem interfecti, Cic. Brut. 23, 89: [[fide]] [[accepta]] ab legatis, vim abfuturam, Liv. 38, 33, 3: [[Thais]] patri se commendavit in clientelam et fidem, Ter. Eun. 5, 9, 9; cf.: se in Chrysogoni fidem et clientelam contulerunt, Cic. Rosc. Am. 37, 106: quaere in cujus [[fide]] sint et [[clientela]], id. ib. 33, 93: aliquid in fidem alicujus tradere, Liv. 38, 31, 2: [[frugi]] hominem, plenum religionis videtis positum in vestra [[fide]] ac potestate: [[atque]] ita, ut [[commissus]] [[sit]] fidei, [[permissus]] potestati, Cic. Font. 14, 30; cf.: se suaque omnia in fidem [[atque]] potestatem populi Romani permittere, Caes. B. G. 2, 3, 2: in alicujus fidem ac potestatem venire, id. ib. 2, 13, 2: in [[fide]] alicujus esse, Cic. Planc. 41, 97; cf. id. Fam. 13, 65, 2: ea (jura) fidei suae commissa, id. Off. 1, 34, 124: [[civitas]] in Catonis [[fide]] locata, id. Att. 6, 1, 5: recipere aliquid in fidem, id. ib. 15, 14, 3; cf.: aliquem in fidem necessitudinemque suam recipere, id. Fam. 13, 19, 2: recipere aliquem in fidem, Caes. B. G. 2, 15, 1; 4, 22, 3: hortatur, ut populi Romani fidem sequantur, id. ib. 4, 21, 8: jura fidemque supplicis erubuit ([[Achilles]]), the [[protection]] [[due]] to a [[suppliant]], Verg. A. 2, 541: di, [[obsecro]] vostram fidem! [[your]] [[protection]], [[assistance]], [[help]], Plaut. Cist. 4, 1, 11; id. Am. 5, 1, 78; id. Most. 1, 1, 74; 2, 2, 97; cf.: fidem vestram oro [[atque]] [[obsecro]], judices, Cic. Mur. 40, 86: deum [[atque]] hominum fidem implorabis, id. Verr. 2, 1, 9, § 25; so in colloq. lang. [[frequently]] elliptic. as an [[exclamation]]: Di vostram fidem! by the [[protection]] of the gods! for [[heaven]]'s [[sake]]! Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 58, id. Men. 5, 2, 119; id. Poen. 4, 78 al.; Ter. And. 4, 3, 1; 4, 4, 5; id. Eun. 3, 1, 28 al.; cf.: tuam fidem, [[Venus]]! Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 40: pro deum [[atque]] hominum fidem! id. ib. 5, 3, 16; id. Ep. 4, 2, 10; Ter. And. 1. 5, 2; 1, 5, 11; id. Heaut. 1, 1, 9 al.; Sall. C. 20, 10 al.; for [[which]]: pro deorum [[atque]] hominum fidem! Cic. Tusc. 5, 16, 48; and in a [[different]] [[order]]: pro deorum fidem [[atque]] hominum, id. Lael. 15, 52; also [[simply]] pro deum fidem, Liv. 3, 67, 7 Drak. N. cr.; and: per fidem! Petr. 100, 5; Tac. Or. 35; App. M. 6, p. 175.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> The [[faith]], the Christian [[religion]] as a [[system]] of [[belief]] (eccl. Lat.): [[domicilium]] fidei, Lact. 4, 30 fin.; Vulg. Apoc. 14, 12 al.<br /><b>III</b> Fides, personified as a [[goddess]]: [[praeclare]] [[Ennius]]: O Fides alma, apta pinnis, et jus jurandum Jovis! Qui jus [[igitur]] jurandum violat, is Fidem violat, Cic. Off. 3, 29, 104 (Enn. Trag. v. 410 ed. Vahl.); cf. Varr. L. L. 5, § 74 Müll.; Cic. N. D. 3, 18, 47; 2, 23, 61; 31, 79; id. Leg. 2, 8, 19; 11, 28; Plaut. Cas. prol. 2; id. Aul. 3, 6, 46; 50; 4, 2, 14; Verg. A. 1, 292; Hor. C. 1, 35, 21; 4, 5, 20; id. C. S. 57.<br /><b>fĭdes</b>: ium, plur., or [[fides]], is, sing., f. = [[σφίδη]]>,<br /><b>I</b> a stringed [[instrument]], [[lyre]], [[lute]], cithern.<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In plur. ([[only]] so in classic [[prose]]): Fides [[genus]] citharae, Paul. ex Fest. p. 89, 16 Müll.: (hominis) [[omnis]] [[vultus]] omnesque voces, ut nervi in fidibus, ita sonant, ut a motu animi [[quoque]] sunt pulsae, Cic. de Or. 3, 57, 216; so [[different]] from nervi, id. Div. 2, 14, 33; id. Leg. 2, 15, 39; id. Brut. 54, 199; id. Fin. 4, 27, 75 (v. Madv. ad h. l., p. 601 sq.): ut in fidibus aut tibiis, [[atque]] in cantu ipso ac vocibus [[concentus]] est [[quidam]] tenendus ex distinctis sonis, etc., id. Rep. 2, 42; id. Fin. 4, 27, 75; cf. id. de Or. 3, 51, 197: Fi. Fides non reddis? Pe. Neque [[fides]] [[neque]] tibias, Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 77; [[with]] tibiae, Quint. 1, 10, 14; 20; 11, 3, 59: [[Orpheus]], Threïciā [[fretus]] citharā fidibusque canoris, Verg. A. 6, 120: fidibus cantare alicui, Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 64: fidibus canere [[praeclare]], Cic. Tusc. 1, 2, 4; id. Div. 2, 59, 122: uti, id. Tusc. 5, 39, 113: dicere [[longum]] [[melos]], Hor. C. 3, 4, 4: placare deos, id. ib. 1, 36, 1: discere, Cic. de Sen. 8, 26: docere aliquem, id. Fam. 9, 22, 3: scire, Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 53: vivunt commissi calores Aeoliae fidibus puellae, Hor. C. 4, 9, 12: fidibusne Latinis Thebanos aptare modos studet, i. e. to [[imitate]] Pindaric odes in Latin [[poetry]], id. Ep. 1, 3, 12.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Sing. ([[poet]].): sume fidem et pharetram: fies [[manifestus]] [[Apollo]], Ov. H. 15, 23; so, Teïa, Hor. C. 1, 17, 18: Cyllenea, id. Epod. 13, 9: quodsi blandius Orpheo moderere fidem, id. C. 1, 24, 14.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Prov.: [[vetus]] [[adagium]] est: Nihil cum fidibus graculo, i. e. ignoramuses [[have]] [[nothing]] to do [[with]] [[poetry]], Gell. N. A. praef. § 19.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Esp., Fides, is, f., a [[constellation]], i. q. Lyra, the Lyre: cedit clara Fides Cyllenia, Cic. Arat. 381; Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 12; in the form Fidis, Col. 11, 2, 14; 40; Sid. Carm. 16, 5.—*<br /><b>II</b> Transf., in sing., i. q. [[nervus]], [[chorda]], a [[string]] of a [[musical]] [[instrument]]: quae [[tuba]] quaeve [[lyra]] Flatibus incluta vel fidibus, Prud. Cath. 3, 81.
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