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the surest

  • 1 fidus

    1.
    fīdus, a, um, adj. [fido, that one may rely on], 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.
    2.
    fīdus = foedus, a league, v. 2. foedus init.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > fidus

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