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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=fidelis fidele, fidelior -or -us, fidelissimus -a -um ADJ :: faithful/loyal/devoted; true/trustworthy/dependable/reliable; constant/lasting
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>fĭdēlis</b>: e, adj. 1. [[fides]],<br /><b>I</b> [[that]] [[may]] be trusted or relied [[upon]], [[trusty]], [[faithful]], [[sincere]], true ([[class]].; syn. [[fidus]]).<br /><b>I</b> Prop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Adj., constr. absol., [[with]] dat., or [[with]] in and acc.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Absol.: cum et [[civis]] mihi [[bonus]] et [[firmus]] [[amicus]] ac [[fidelis]] videretur, Cic. Cael. 6, 14: [[doctus]], [[fidelis]], Suavis [[homo]], etc., Enn. ap. Gell. 12, 4 (Ann. v. 249 ed. Vahl.): boni fidelesque socii, Liv. 22, 37, 4; 9, 2, 5; 29, 7, 2; 22, 37, 4 Drak. N. cr.; cf.: sociis [[multo]] fidelioribus utimur, Cic. Att. 5, 18, 2: est [[urbs]] [[Massilia]] fortissimorum fidelissimorumque sociorum, id. Font. 1, 3: fidelissima conjux, id. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 3: [[medicus]] [[multum]] [[celer]] [[atque]] [[fidelis]], Hor. S. 2, 3, 147: [[minister]], id. C. 4, 4, 3: seu visa est catulis [[cerva]] fidelibus, id. ib. 1, 1, 27: multorum [[opes]] praepotentium excludunt amicitias fideles, Cic. Lael. 15, 54: [[consilium]], id. Agr. 2, 2 fin.; cf. id. Clu. 31, 85: [[opera]], id. Caecin. 5, 14; cf.: operā Commii fideli [[atque]] utili, Caes. B. G. 7, 76, 1: [[cura]], Ov. H. 1, 104: [[silentium]], Hor. C. 3, 2, 25: desideria (patriae), id. ib. 4, 5, 15: lacrimae, i. e. true, [[genuine]], Ov. H. 14, 127.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With dat.: qui (Cn. [[Pompeius]]) unum Deiotarum fidelem [[populo]] Romano judicavit, Cic. Phil. 11, 13, 34: [[cave]] tu [[illi]] [[fidelis]] [[potius]] fueris [[quam]] mihi, Plaut. Aul. 4, 2, 11: [[illi]] fuisti [[quam]] mihi fidelior, id. Capt. 3, 5, 58: habere aliquem fidelem sibi, id. Bacch. 3, 3, 87: quem sibi fidelem arbitrabatur, Caes. B. G. 4, 21, 7; Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 1; Quint. 11, 2, 42.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(g)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With in and acc.: [[quam]] fideli [[animo]] et benigno in illam fui, Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 22; cf. Cic. Mil. 10, 29: in amicos, Sall. C. 9, 2 (others [[read]]: in amicis, v. Kritz. ad h. 1.).—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Subst.: fĭdēlis, is, m., a [[trusty]] [[person]], a [[confidant]]: si quem tuorum fidelium voles, ad me mittas, Cic. Fam. 4, 1, 2.<br /><b>II</b> Transf., in gen., of things, to be depended [[upon]], [[sure]], [[safe]], [[strong]], [[firm]], [[durable]] ([[rare]] [[but]] [[class]].): nam et [[doctrina]] et [[domus]], et ars et [[ager]] [[etiam]] [[fidelis]] dici potest: ut [[sit]], [[quomodo]] Theophrasto placet, verecunda tralatio, Cic. Fam. 16, 17, 1: in [[nave]] tuta ac fideli, id. Planc. 41, 97: [[lorica]], Verg. A. 9, 707: [[portus]], Ov. Tr. 4, 5, 5: [[materies]] terebinthi ad vetustatem, Plin. 13, 6, 12, § 54; [[structura]], Front. Aquaed. 123: rimis explendis fidelior pice, Plin. 16, 36, 64, § 158: fidelissimum [[glutinum]], id. 28, 17, 71, § 236.—Hence, adv., in [[two]] forms: fĭdē-lĭter ([[class]].) and fĭdēle (ante- and postclass.).<br /><b>I</b> Faithfully, [[trustily]], [[certainly]], [[surely]], [[honestly]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Form [[fideliter]]: [[constanter]] et [[fideliter]] in [[amicitia]] alicujus permanere, Liv. 33, 35, 9: vivere [[simpliciter]], [[fideliter]] vitaeque hominum [[amice]], Cic. Off. 1, 26, 92: obtestatur per sua [[antea]] [[fideliter]] [[acta]], etc., Sall. J. 71 fin.: aliquid [[fideliter]] curare, Cic. Att. 15, 20, 4: valetudini inservire, [[Tiro]] ap. Cic. Fam. 16, 17, 1: colere amicos, Plin. Ep. 7, 31, 5: discere artes ingenuas, Ov. P. 2, 9, 47: retinent commissa (aures), Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 70; cf.: ejus (memoriae) [[duplex]] [[virtus]], [[facile]] percipere et [[fideliter]] continere, Quint. 1, 3, 1: exstincta [[parum]] [[fideliter]] incendia, Flor. 3, 5 med.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Form [[fidele]]: fac [[fidele]] sis [[fidelis]], Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 79: militare, Prud. στεγ. 10, 428. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Comp.: quo [[propior]] [[quisque]] est servitque fidelius aegro, Ov. M. 7, 563; Plin. Ep. 6, 24, 3.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>c</b> Sup.: ut is [[optime]] te laudasse videatur, qui narraverit fidelissime, Plin. [[Pan]]. 56, 2.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (Acc. to II.) Surely, [[strongly]], [[firmly]]: per quorum loca [[fideliter]] mihi pateret [[iter]], Planc. in Cic. Fam. 10, 23, 2: oratoris futuri fundamenta [[fideliter]] jacere, Quint. 1, 4, 5: [[quod]] [[fideliter]] firmum est, a primis [[statim]] actionibus arripere optimum est, [[firmly]] grounded, id. 6, 4, 14; cf. Gell. 15, 2, 6.—Comp.: qui quartanum [[passus]] convaluerit, fidelius constantiusque [[postea]] valiturum, Gell. 17, 12, 3: memoriae inhaerere fidelius, Quint. 10, 6, 2; cf. id. 10, 3, 2.—Sup.: fortunae inaurato fidelissime simulacro, [[very]] [[solidly]], durably, Plin. 33, 3, 19, § 61.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>fĭdēlis</b>,⁹ e ([[fides]] 1), en qui l’on peut avoir confiance, sûr, fidèle, loyal : [[amicus]] Cic. Cæl. 14, [[ami]] fidèle ; alicujus [[opera]] forti fidelique [[uti]] Cic. Cat. 3, 14, avoir le brave et fidèle concours de qqn ; [[amicitia]] Cic. Læl. 54, amitié sincère ; [[fidelis]] [[populo]] Romano Cic. Phil. 11, 34, fidèle au peuple romain ; in dominum Cic. Mil. 29, fidèle à son maître &#124;&#124; [[solide]], [[ferme]], durable, fort : [[lorica]] [[fidelis]] Virg. En. 9, 707, cuirasse à l’épreuve ; [[navis]] [[fidelis]] Cic. Planc. 97, navire [[solide]], cf. Fam. 16, 17, 1 &#124;&#124; subst. m., un [[ami]], un [[intime]] : Cic. Fam. 4, 1, 2 &#124;&#124; -lior, -lissimus Cic.||[[solide]], [[ferme]], durable, fort : [[lorica]] [[fidelis]] Virg. En. 9, 707, cuirasse à l’épreuve ; [[navis]] [[fidelis]] Cic. Planc. 97, navire [[solide]], cf. Fam. 16, 17, 1||subst. m., un [[ami]], un [[intime]] : Cic. Fam. 4, 1, 2||-lior, -lissimus Cic.
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{{Georges
|georg=fidēlis, e (fidēs, eī), der [[Treue]] beweist, [[Treue]] hält, dem [[man]] [[also]] [[trauen]] kann, [[getreu]], [[ehrlich]], [[zuverlässig]], [[verlässig]], I) v. Pers.u. deren [[Gesinnung]]: [[amicus]], [[amicitia]], [[animus]], Cic.: [[mens]], Tibull.: [[canis]], Hor. – [[amicus]] fidelior, Liv.: socii fideliores, Cic. – fidelissima [[coniunx]], Cic.: de servis [[suis]] quem habuit fidelissimum, Nep. – alci od. in alqm, Cic.: in amicitiis, Cic. – subst., fidēlēs, ium, m., die Getreuen, Vertrauten, si quem tuorum fidelium voles, ad me mittas, Cic. ep. 4, 1, 2. – II) übtr., v. lebl. Subjj.: [[consilium]] [[fidele]], [[consilium]] fidelissimum, Cic.: [[opera]], Cic.: [[silentium]], [[oculus]], Hor.: lacrimae, aufrichtige, Ov.: [[portus]], Ovid.: so [[auch]] [[doctrina]], [[domus]], [[ars]], [[ager]], [[nach]] Cic. ep. 16, 17, 1. – meton., [[verlässig]] = [[haltbar]], [[dauerhaft]], [[tüchtig]], [[lorica]], Verg.: [[structura]], Frontin.: [[glutinum]], Plin.: [[memoria]], Quint.: fidelior [[pice]], Plin.
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{{LaZh
|lnztxt=fidelis, e. ''adj''. ''c''. ''s''. :: 忠信。篤實。妥當。 — servus 忠信之奴。
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