[ˈfɪ.deːs], [ˈfiː.des]
OriginFrom Proto-Indo-European *bʰeydʰ- (“to command, to persuade, to trust”).
Cognate to Latin fīdō (“I trust”) and Proto-Germanic *bīdaną.
- declension-5faith; belief (belief without empirical evidence, direct experience, or observation)
“fides explicita”
“fides implicita”
- declension-5reliance (act of relying on or trusting)
- declension-5confidence; trust (confidence in or reliance on some person or quality)
- declension-5credit (acceptance of the truth of something said or done)
- declension-5loyalty; fidelity, faith (state of demonstrating undivided and constant support for someone or something)
- declension-5good faith (good, honest intentions)
- declension-5honesty (act, quality, or condition of being honest)
- declension-5guarantee; promise (an assurance of something to be done)
- declension-5help; assistance
“Fidem pastorum nequiquam invocans” — vainly appealing for help to the shepherds
- declension-3string; cord; gutstring
“Sume fidem et pharetram fies manifestus Apollo” — Take up string and quiver and you are Apollo manifest
- declension-3, in-plural, poetic, singulara lyre, lute, harp, or another stringed instrument
“sume fidem et pharetram” — take up string and quiver
- accusative, form-of, nominative, plural, vocativenominative/accusative/vocative plural of fidis
- active, form-of, future, indicative, second-personsecond-person singular future active indicative of fīdō (“to trust; to put confidence in”)
- declension-5a female given name, a goddess
Formsfidēs(canonical, feminine, singular) · fidē̆ī(genitive) · fidē(genitive) · fidī(genitive) · fidēs(nominative, singular) · fidē̆ī(genitive, singular) · fidē(genitive, singular) · fidī(genitive, singular) · fidē̆ī(dative, singular) · fidē(dative, singular) · fidī(dative, singular) · fidem(accusative, singular) · fidē(ablative, singular) · fidēs(singular, vocative) · fīdēs(canonical) · fidēs(canonical, feminine) · fidis(genitive) · fidēs(nominative, plural) · fidis(genitive, singular) · fidium(genitive, plural)
Source: Wiktionary