1. fīdus — Lewis & Short
fīdus, a, um, adj.fido, that one may rely on,
I trusty, truslworthy, faithful, sure (class.).
I Prop., constr. absol., with dat., poet. also with gen.
A 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. —
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.—
C 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.—
D With in or ad, and acc.:
in amicos fidissimus,Eutr. 7, 8:
fidi ad bella duces,Nemes. Cyn. 82.—
E With in and abl.:
sperabam te mihi fidum in hoc nostro amore fore,Cat. 91, 1 sq. —
II 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.).
A 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. —
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.