fĭdēlĭtas — Lewis & Short
fĭdēlĭtas, ātis, f.fidelis,
I faithfulness (as shown in one's acts), trustiness, firm adherence, fidelity (class.;
most freq. in Cic.): simplicem praeterea et communem et consentientem ... eligi par est: quae omnia pertinent ad fidelitatem,Cic. Lael. 18, 65:
quantum studio et fidelitate consequi potuit,id. Fam. 13, 16, 2:
maxime operam et fidelitatem desideravi tuam,id. ib. 16, 12, 6; cf.:
in hac fortuna perutilis ejus et opera et fidelitas esset,id. Att. 9, 17 fin.:
amicorum,id. Phil. 12, 9, 22; cf. id. Planc. 29, 71 fin.;
with benevolentia,id. Fam. 13, 20:
fidelitas atque auxilia provinciae illius,Hirt. B. G. 8, 46 fin.:
fides fidelitasque amicum erga,Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 2: erga patriam fidelitas, Planc. in Cic. Fam. 10, 17, 2.