a trusty person

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fĭdēlis, e, adj. [1. fides], that may be trusted or relied upon, trusty, faithful, sincere, true (class.; syn. fidus).

Prop.

Adj., constr. absol., with dat., or with in and acc.

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.—

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.—

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.).—

Subst.: fĭdēlis, is, m., a trusty person, a confidant:

si quem tuorum fidelium voles, ad me mittas,

Cic. Fam. 4, 1, 2.

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.).

Faithfully, trustily, certainly, surely, honestly.

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. —

Form fidele:

fac fidele sis fidelis,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 79: militare, Prud. steg. 10, 428. —

Comp.:

quo propior quisque est servitque fidelius aegro,

Ov. M. 7, 563; Plin. Ep. 6, 24, 3.—

Sup.: ut is optime te laudasse [p. 746] videatur, qui narraverit fidelissime, Plin. Pan. 56, 2.—

(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.

lŏcū̆ples, ētis (ū, Mart. 5, 36, 6; gen. locupletium and locupletum; abl. sing. locuplete, usu. of a person, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 12, § 29; id. Att. 12, 43, 2; Tac. H. 1, 46;

rarely of a thing,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 102; Pers. 3, 74:

locupleti, of things,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 1, § 1; id. de Or. 3, 48, 185; Sen. Contr. 2, 9, 4;

rarely of a person,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 21, § 46; Macrob. S. 5, 18, 14; v. Neue, Formenl. 2, p. 49 sq.), adj. [locus-plenus], rich in lands, substantial, opulent (syn.: dives, abundans, copiosus).

Lit.:

quod tum erat res in pecore et locorum possessionibus: ex quo pecuniosi et locupletes vocabantur,

Cic. Rep. 2, 9, 16; cf.:

(P. Nigidius) locupletem dictum ait ex compositis vocibus, qui pleraque loca, hoc est, qui multas possessiones teneret,

Gell. 10, 5: locupletes locorum multorum domini, Paul. ex Fest. p. 119 Müll.—

So too, locupletem a locorum copia,

Quint. 5, 10, 55:

locupletes dicebant loci, hoc est agri plenos,

Plin. 18, 3, 3, § 11:

unum genus est eorum, qui magno in aere alieno, majores etiam possessiones habent: horum hominum species est honestissima, sunt enim locupletes,

Cic. Cat. 2, 8;

rarely of things: neque minus locuples ad eos hereditas perveniat,

Gai. Inst. 1, 192.—

Transf., in gen., rich, wealthy, opulent:

de ornatu ut locupletes simus scitis,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 4:

egebat? immo locuples erat,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 8, 22:

mulier copiosa plane et locuples,

id. Div. in Caecil. 17, 55.—As subst.:

Lycurgus agros locupletium plebi, ut servitio, colendos dedit,

the rich, Cic. Rep. 3, 9 fin.:

ut suffragia non in multitudinis, sed in locupletium potestate essent,

id. ib. 2, 22, 39.—So fem.:

locuples quae nupsit avaro,

Juv. 6, 141:

locuples et referta domus,

id. de Or. 1, 35, 161:

in locuplete penu,

Pers. 3, 74:

locupletem optare podagram,

i. e. characteristic of the rich, Juv. 13, 96. —With abl.:

praedā locuples,

Sall. J. 84:

locuples frugibus annus,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 137:

mancipiis locuples,

id. ib. 1, 6, 39.—With gen.:

pecuniae,

App. M. 8, p. 202, 12:

locuples aquila,

i. e. the lucrative post of centurion, Juv. 14, 197.—With in and abl. in thesauris, Vulg. Jer. 51, 13.— Comp.:

locupletior negotiator,

Quint. 1, 12, 17.— Sup.:

urbs locupletissima,

Cic. Rep. 1, 14:

locupletissimae urbes,

Caes. B. C. 3, 31.—

Trop.

Well stored or provided, richly supplied, rich:

Lyslas oratione locuples, rebus ipsis jejunior,

Cic. Fin. 5, 5, 13; id. N. D. 1, 40, 112:

Latinam linguam non modo non inopem, sed locupletiorem etiam esse quam Graecam,

id. Fin. 1, 3, 10.—

Transf., that is able to answer for a thing, that is a good surety, responsible, trustworthy, reliable, safe, sure:

reus,

that can fulfil his engagement, Liv. 9, 9: auctor, testis, a sufficient surety, a credible witness:

Pythagoras et Plato locupletissimi auctores, jubent,

Cic. Div. 2, 58, 119; cf.:

quem enim auctorem de illo (Socrate) locupletiorem Platone laudare possumus?

id. Rep. 1, 10, 16:

locuples auctor Thucydides,

id. Brut. 12, 47; id. Div. 1, 19, 37:

accedit etiam testis locuples, Posidonius,

id. Off. 3, 2, 10:

tabellarius,

a trusty, safe letter-carrier, id. Q. Fr. 3, 9, 6.—Hence, adv.: lŏcū̆plētē, richly, amply (postclass.).

Lit., sup.:

locupletissime mu neratus,

Spart. Hadr. 3:

dotata filia,

Aur. Vict. Epit. 9.—

Trop., in comp., Front. ad Anton. Imp. 1, 3 Mai.