Etymology

Via GermanCategory:Danish terms borrowed from German#FIDUSCategory:Danish terms derived from German#FIDUS Fiduz, from LatinCategory:Danish terms derived from Latin#FIDUS fiducia.

Noun

fidus c (singular definite fidusen, plural indefinite fiduser)Category:Danish lemmas#FIDUSCategory:Danish nouns#FIDUSCategory:Danish nouns with red links in their headword lines#FIDUSCategory:Danish entries with incorrect language header#FIDUSCategory:Danish common-gender nouns#FIDUSCategory:Pages with entries#FIDUSCategory:Pages with 5 entries#FIDUS

1. trick, ploy, scheme

   Coordinate term: fif

2. gizmo, widget, thingy, thingamajig

   Synonyms: dims, dippedut

References

• “fidus” in Den Danske Ordbog

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfidus/Category:Esperanto 2-syllable words#FIDUSCategory:Esperanto terms with IPA pronunciation#FIDUS

• Audio:

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  Category:Esperanto terms with audio pronunciation#FIDUS
• Rhymes: -idusCategory:Rhymes:Esperanto/idus#FIDUSCategory:Rhymes:Esperanto/idus/2 syllables#FIDUS
• Syllabification: fi‧dus

Verb

fidusCategory:Esperanto non-lemma forms#FIDUSCategory:Esperanto verb forms#FIDUSCategory:Esperanto entries with incorrect language header#FIDUSCategory:Pages with entries#FIDUSCategory:Pages with 5 entries#FIDUS

1. conditional of fidiCategory:Esperanto verb forms#FIDUS

Verb

fidusCategory:Ido non-lemma forms#FIDUSCategory:Ido verb forms#FIDUSCategory:Ido entries with incorrect language header#FIDUSCategory:Pages with entries#FIDUSCategory:Pages with 5 entries#FIDUS

1. conditional of fidar

Etymology

From Proto-ItalicCategory:Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic#FIDUS *feiðos, from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#FIDUS *bʰeydʰós.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈfiː.dʊs]Category:Latin 2-syllable words#FIDUSCategory:Latin terms with IPA pronunciation#FIDUS
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈfiː.dus]Category:Latin 2-syllable words#FIDUSCategory:Latin terms with IPA pronunciation#FIDUS

Adjective

fīdus (feminine fīda, neuter fīdum, comparative fīdior, superlative fīdissimus)Category:Latin lemmas#FIDUSCategory:Latin adjectives#FIDUSCategory:Latin first and second declension adjectives#FIDUSCategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#FIDUSCategory:Pages with entries#FIDUSCategory:Pages with 5 entries#FIDUS; first/second-declension adjective

1. trusty, trustworthy, dependable, credible
2. loyal, faithful
3. steadfast
4. certain, safe

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, 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
    

  Category:Latin words in Meissner and Auden's phrasebook
• 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

Noun

fidusCategory:Volapük non-lemma forms#FIDUSCategory:Volapük noun forms#FIDUSCategory:Volapük entries with incorrect language header#FIDUSCategory:Pages with entries#FIDUSCategory:Pages with 5 entries#FIDUS

1. predicative plural of fid