fides

fidem maiorem tibi habui quam paene ipsi mihi
I almost had more faith in you than in myself exemplum antiquae probitatis et fidei
a model of ancient honesty and reliability pro vetere ac perpetua erga populum Romanum fide
on account of long-standing, uninterrupted loyalty to the Roman people se in fidem populi Romani permiserunt
they surrended themselves into the protection of the Roman people

fidēs, is, mostly in the pl., fidēs, ium, f.: a lute string, string, or stringed instrument, 6.120.

fidēs, eī, f.: a trusting; confidence, faith, belief, reliance, trust, 3.69; confident hope, trust, 9.260; trustiness, faithfulness, sincerity, fidelity, honor, 2.143; 4.597; an alliance, league, 10.71; truth, fact, 2.309; certainty, assurance, 3.375; personified as a goddess, Faith, Fides, 1.292, et al. (fīdō)

fĭdes, ĕi (gen. sing. scanned fĭdēï, Enn. ap. Cic. de Sen. 1, 1; Lucr. 5, 102.— Ante-class. and poet. form of the gen. fide, like die, facie, etc., Plaut. Aul. 4, 6, 1 (667); id. Poen. 4, 2, 68 (890); Ov. M. 3, 341; 6, 506; 7, 728; 737; Hor. C. 3, 7, 4; cf. Prisc. p. 781 P.; Charis. p. 53 ib.; Ritschl, Proleg. p. 90.— Dat. fide, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 80 (118); 91 (129); 105 (143); Enn. ap. Non. 112, 1, or Ann. v. 111 ed. Vahl.; Hor. S. 1, 3, 95), f. [fido], trust in a person or thing, faith, confidence, reliance, credence, belief (syn.: fidelitas, fiducia, confidentia).

• I Lit.
• • A In gen.: si sciat noster senex, fidem non esse huic habitam, that he has not been trusted, Plaut. As. 2, 4, 52 (458); cf.: fides ut habeatur, duabus rebus effici potest ... iis fidem habemus, quos plus intelligere quam nos arbitramur ... bonis viris ita fides habetur, ut nulla sit in iis fraudis injuriaeque suspicio ... prudentia sine justitia nihil valeat ad faciendam fidem, etc., to give confidence, produce confidence, Cic. Off. 2, 9, 33; see in the foll.: neque pauci, neque leves sunt, qui se duo soles vidisse dicant; ut non tam fides non habenda, quam ratio quaerenda sit, to give credence, id. Rep. 1, 10; cf.: quod si insanorum visis fides non est habenda, quia falsa sunt, cur credatur somniantium visis, etc., id. Div. 2, 59, 122: si ita posset defendere, tamen fides huic defensioni non haberetur, id. Verr. 2, 5, 57, § 148: me miseram! forsitan hic mihi parvam habeat fidem, Ter. Eun. 197; cf.: cum jam minor fabulis haberetur fides, Cic. Rep. 2, 10: (fidem) majorem tibi habui quam paene ipsi mihi, id. Fam. 5, 20, 2; cf. id. ib. 7, 18, 1: ex aliis ei maximam fidem habebat, Caes. B. G. 1, 41, 4: cui maximam fidem suarum rerum habeat, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 53, § 131; cf.: cui summam omnium rerum fidem habebat, Caes. B. G. 1, 19, 3: fidem commenticiis rebus adjungere, Cic. Div. 2, 55, 113: testimonio fidem tribuere, id. Sull. 3, 10; cf.: Cratippus iisdem rebus fidem tribuit, id. Div. 1, 3, 5: et auctoritatem orationi affert et fidem, id. Or. 34, 120: si tota oratio nostra omnem sibi fidem sensibus confirmat, id. Fin. 1, 21, 71: constituere fidem, id. Part. Or. 9, 31: fidem facit oratio, awakens or produces belief, id. Brut. 50, 187; cf.: quoniam auribus vestris ... minorem fidem faceret oratio mea, id. Cat. 3, 2, 4: aliquamdiu fides fieri non poterat, Caes. B. C. 2, 37, 1; so with dare (rare): res ipsa fidem sermoni meo dabit, Ap. Met. 4, 9, 9; Hercules cui ea res immortalitatis fidem dedit, assured of, Just. 24, 4, 4; Plin. Pan. 74, 3.—With object-clauses: fac fidem, te nihil nisi populi utilitatem et fructum quaerere, evince, show, Cic. Agr. 2, 8, 22: tibi fidem faciemus, nos ea suadere, quae, etc., will convince, Balb. et Opp. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 8, A. fin.: mihi fides apud hunc est, nihil me istius facturum, Ter. Heaut. 571; cf.: cum vix fides esset, rem ullo modo successuram, Suet. Vesp. 7: male fidem servando illis quoque abrogant fidem, Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 41 (1048): quorum rebus gestis, fidem et auctoritatem in testimonio inimicitiarum suspicio derogavit, Cic. Font. 7, 13; cf.: alicui abrogare fidem juris jurandi, id. Rosc. Com. 15, 44; and: omnibus abrogatur fides, id. Ac. 2 (Luc.), 11, 36: quae res fidem abrogat orationi, Auct. Her. 1, 10, 17: imminuit et oratoris auctoritatem et orationis fidem, Cic. de Or. 2, 37, 156: multa fidem promissa levant, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 10: fidem addere, to give credence (opp. fidem demere): ex ingenio suo quisque demat vel addat fidem, Tac. G. 3 fin.—
  • B In partic., in mercant. lang., credit: cum fides totā Italiā esset angustior, neque creditae pecuniae solverentur, Caes. B. C. 3, 1, 2; cf.: scimus, Romae solutione impedita fidem concidisse, Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 7, 19: fides de foro sublata erat, id. Agr. 2, 3, 8: labefacta jam fide, credit being impaired, Suet. Vesp. 4: pecunia suā aut amicorum fide sumpta mutua, Sall. C. 24, 2: non contentus agrariis legibus fidem moliri coepit, Liv. 6, 11, 8; cf.: fidem abrogare, id. 6, 41, 11: fidemque remque, perdere, credit and means, Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 36 (216); cf.: res eos jampridem, fides deficere nuper coepit, Cic. Cat. 2, 5, 10: nisi fide staret res publica, opibus non staturam, Liv. 23, 48, 9 Drak.; freq.: res fidesque, for fame and fortune, property and credit, i. e. entire resources, Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 18 (504); id. Truc. 1, 1, 24 (45); 38 (59); id. Most. 1, 2, 64 (147); Sall. J. 73, 6 Cort.—
  • • 2 Beyond the mercant. sphere (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): segetis certa fides meae, i. e. return, yield, Hor. C. 3, 16, 30: at tibi ... Persolvat nullā semina certa fide, Tib. 2, 3, 62: fallax fides unius anni, Plin. Pan. 32, 4: quia hanc ejus terrae fidem Menander eludit, Quint. 12, 10, 25.
• II Transf., that which produces confidence or belief.
• • A The quality that produces confidence in a person, trustworthiness, faithfulness, conscientiousness, credibility, honesty; in things, credibility, truth, etc.
  • • 1 In gen. (erroneously regarded by Cicero as the primary signif. of the word; wherefore he derived it from fio; v. the foll. passages): fundamentum justitiae est fides, id est dictorum conventorumque constantia et veritas. Ex quo, audeamus imitari Stoicos, credamusque, quia fiat, quod dictum est, appellatam fidem, Cic. Off. 1, 7, 23 Beier; cf. id. Fragm. ap. Non. 24, 17 (Rep. 4, 7, p. 428 ed. Mos.); id. Fam. 16, 10 fin.: justitia creditis in rebus fides nominatur, id. Part. Or. 22, 78: meo periculo hujus ego experiar fidem, Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 99 (349); cf.: fides fidelitasque amicum erga, id. Trin. 5, 2, 2 (1126): homo antiqua virtute ac fide, Ter. Ad. 442; cf.: exemplum antiquae probitatis et fidei, Cic. Rep. 3, 5: esse summa probitate ac fide, id. ib. 3, 17: vir aequissimus, singulari fide, id. ib. 3, 17: quorum fides est laudata, id. ib. 2, 36: quibus facillime justitia et fides convalescit, id. ib. 2, 14: unde justitia, fides, aequitas? id. ib. 1, 2: cujus virtuti, fidei, felicitati (Gallia) commendata est, id. Prov. Cons. 14, 35: aequitas et fides, id. Rep. 1, 35; cf.: si pudor quaeritur, si probitas, si fides, id. ib. 3, 18 fin.: quanta fide, quanta religione, id. Font. 6, 13: hinc fides, illinc fraudatio, id. Cat. 2, 11, 25: ille vir haud magna cum re sed plenu' fidei, Enn. ap. Cic. de Sen. 1, 1 (Ann. v. 342 ed. Vahl.): ubi societas? ubi fides majorum? Cato ap. Gell. 10, 3, 17: nulla sancta societas, nec fides regni est, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 8, 26 (Trag. v. 412 ed. Vahl.): mea eraga te fides et benevolentia, Cic. Fam. 1, 5, 1: pro vetere ac perpetua erga populum Romanum fide, Caes. B. G. 5, 54, 4: in fide atque amicitia civitatis Aeduae, id. ib. 2, 14, 2: in fide manere, id. ib. 7, 4, 5; cf.: sincera fide in pace Ligures esse, Liv. 40, 34, 11: si tibi optima fide sua omnia concessit, Cic. Rosc. Am. 49, 144: praestare fidem, id. Div. 2, 37, 79; id. Top. 10, 42; id. Att. 16, 7, 2; id. Fam. 1, 7, 6: te oro per tuam fidem, ne, etc., Ter. And. 290: Eu. Dic bona fide: tu id aurum non surripuisti? Ly. Bona. Eu. Neque scis, quis abstulerit? Ly. Istuc quoque bona, Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 42 (772): de pace cum fide agere, Liv. 32, 33, 10: jussas cum fide poenas luam, Hor. Epod. 17, 37: haecne marita fides? Prop. 4 (5), 3, 11: Aeacidae dederat pacis pignusque fidemque, faithful bail, Ov. M. 12, 365: perjura patris fides, perjured faith, dishonesty, Hor. C. 3, 24, 59 et saep.—Prov.: fides ut anima, unde abiit, eo numquam redit, Pub. Syr. 181 (Rib.): fidem qui perdit, quo se servet relicuo, id. 166.—
    • • b Of inanim. and abstr. things: nam cum Gabinii levitas ... omnem tabularum fidem resignasset, etc., trustworthiness, credibility, Cic. Arch. 5, 9; cf.: nunc vero quam habere auctoritatem et quam fidem possunt (litterae)? id. Fl. 9, 21; and: visa, quae fidem nullam habebunt, id. Ac. 2 (Luc.), 18, 58 fin.; and: qui non speciem expositionis sed fidem quaerit, truth, Quint. 10, 1, 32: aliter oraculorum, aliter haruspicum fides confirmari aut refelli potest, id. 5, 7, 36: probationum, id. 4 praef. § 6: liber spectatae fidei, Gell. 1, 7, 1: paulum distare ab eo (lapide) in unguentorum fide multi existimant Lygdinos, etc., in faithful preservation, keeping in good condition, Plin. 36, 8, 13, § 62.—
      • c In poets several times, faithful, true fulfilment of a promise: dicta fides sequitur, Ov. M. 3, 527 (cf.: res dicta secuta est, id. ib. 4, 550): vota fides sequitur, id. ib. 8, 713: promissa exhibuere fidem, were fulfilled, id. ib. 7, 323; cf.: en haec promissa fides est? is this the fulfilment of the oracle? Verg. A. 6, 346.—
    • 2 In partic., in jurid. lang., bona fides, good faith, sincerity; hence, EX FIDE BONA or BONA FIDE, in good faith, sincerely, honestly, conscientiously: arbitrum illum adegit, QVICQVID SIBI DARE FACERE OPORTERET EX FIDE BONA, Cic. Off. 3, 16, 66; cf.: quanti verba illa: VTI NE PROPTER TE FIDEMVE TVAM CAPTVS FRAVDATVSVE SIEM, etc.... Q. quidem Scaevola, pontifex maximus, summam vim esse dicebat in omnibus iis arbitriis, in quibus adderetur EX FIDE BONA; fideique bonae, nomen existimabat manare latissime, idque versari in tutelis societatibus, fiduciis mandatis, rebus emptis venditis, conductis locatis, etc., id. ib. 3, 17, 70; id. Att. 6, 1, 15: praetor ait: QVI BONA FIDE EMIT, etc., Dig. 6, 2, 7, § 11 sq.; cf.: bonae fidei emptori subrepta re quam emerit, Just. Inst. 4, 1, 15: ubi lex inhibet usucapionem, bona fides possidenti nihil prodest, Dig. 41, 3, 24: tot judicia de fide mala, quae ex empto aut vendito aut conducto aut locato contra fidem fiunt, etc., i. e. deception, dishonesty, Cic. N. D. 3, 30, 74: bonā fide = certissime, Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 30 (580); id. Aul. 4, 10, 42 (772); id. Capt. 4, 2, 110 (890); cf.: mala fide, Dig. 41, 2, 1, § 6.—
  • B An assurance that produces confidence, a promise, engagement, word, assurance, confirmation.
  • • 1 In gen.: fide data, credamus, Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 61 (243): accipe daque fidem, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 33 ed. Vahl.): atque etiam, si quid singuli temporibus adducti hosti promiserunt, est in eo ipso fides conservanda: ut primo Punico bello Regulus ... ad supplicium redire maluit, quam fidem hosti datam fallere, Cic. Off. 1, 13, 39; cf. id. Fin. 2, 20, 65: fidem dare, violare, in fide non stare, id. Rab. Perd. 10, 28: Pompei fides, quam de me Caesari dederat, id. Fam. 1, 9, 12: inter se fidem et jusjurandum dare, Caes. B. G. 1, 3 fin.: obligare fidem alicui, to plight one's faith, Cic. Phil. 5, 18, 51; cf.: fidem reliquis interponere, Caes. B. G. 5, 6 fin.: fide mea spondeo, futurum ut, etc., Plin. Ep. 1, 14, 10: diffidens, de numero dierum Caesarem fidem servaturum, Caes. B. G. 6, 36, 1: si fidem mecum servas, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 48 (143): tecum servavi fidem, id. Capt. 5, 1, 10 (931); id. Merc. 3, 1, 33 (531): fides juris jurandi cum hoste servanda, Cic. Off. 3, 29, 107: fidem erga imperatorem conservare, Caes. B. C. 1, 84, 3: fidem erga populum Romanum servare, Liv. 24, 4, 5: servata erga Galbam, Tac. H. 1, 71: in regem suum servata, Curt. 6, 5, 2: ut fidem vobis praestaremus, Liv. 28, 39, 2; so, fidem alicui praestare, Curt. 6, 4, 9; Liv. 30, 15, 5; Sen. Ben. 5, 21, 1: non servata fides deditis est, Liv. 24, 1, 10; cf. Cic. de Sen. 20, 75; Sen. Ep. 71, 17: fidem suam liberare, to perform his promise, Cic. Fl. 20, 47; cf.: fidem alicujus liberare, id. Fam. 12, 7, 2: so, fidem exsolvere, Liv. 3, 19, 1; 22, 23, 8; 24, 16, 12; Plin. Ep. 2, 12, 6; Luc. 9, 98 al.: fidem frangere, Cic. Rosc. Com. 6, 16; for which violare, v. above, id. Rab. Perd. 10, 28: fidem amittere, Nep. Eum. 10: istius fide ac potius perfidiā decepti, Cic. Rosc. Am. 38, 110: quantum mea fides studii mihi afferat, my plighted word (to defend the king), id. Deiot. 1, 1: contioni deinde edicto addidit fidem, confirmed, Liv. 2, 24, 6.—
    • 2 Pregn., a given promise of protection or security, a guaranty; hence, in gen., protection, guardian care: introduxi Vulturcium sine Gallis: fidem ei publicam jussu senatus dedi, promised him protection, security, in the name of the public, Cic. Cat. 3, 4, 8; cf.: Vulturcius interrogatus ... primo fingere alia; post, ubi fide publica dicere jussus est, omnia uti gesta erant aperit, Sall. C. 47, 1: cum se diceret indicaturum de conjuratione, si fides publica data esset, id. ib. 48, 4: uti L. Cassius ad Jugurtham mitteretur, eumque interposita fide publica Romam duceret, id. J. 32, 1; cf.: privatim praeterea fidem suam interponit, quam ille non minoris quam publicam ducebat, id. ib. fin.: qui Romam fide publica venerat, id. ib. 35, 7; so, too, simply fides: Lusitani contra interpositam fidem interfecti, Cic. Brut. 23, 89: fide accepta ab legatis, vim abfuturam, Liv. 38, 33, 3: Thais patri se commendavit in clientelam et fidem, Ter. Eun. 1039; cf.: se in Chrysogoni fidem et clientelam contulerunt, Cic. Rosc. Am. 37, 106: quaere in cujus fide sint et clientela, id. ib. 33, 93: aliquid in fidem alicujus tradere, Liv. 38, 31, 2: frugi hominem, plenum religionis videtis positum in vestra fide ac potestate: atque ita, ut commissus sit fidei, permissus potestati, Cic. Font. 14, 30; cf.: se suaque omnia in fidem atque potestatem populi Romani permittere, Caes. B. G. 2, 3, 2: in alicujus fidem ac potestatem venire, id. ib. 2, 13, 2: in fide alicujus esse, Cic. Planc. 41, 97; cf. id. Fam. 13, 65, 2: ea (jura) fidei suae commissa, id. Off. 1, 34, 124: civitas in Catonis fide locata, id. Att. 6, 1, 5: recipere aliquid in fidem, id. ib. 15, 14, 3; cf.: aliquem in fidem necessitudinemque suam recipere, id. Fam. 13, 19, 2: recipere aliquem in fidem, Caes. B. G. 2, 15, 1; 4, 22, 3: hortatur, ut populi Romani fidem sequantur, id. ib. 4, 21, 8: jura fidemque supplicis erubuit (Achilles), the protection due to a suppliant, Verg. A. 2, 541: di, obsecro vostram fidem! your protection, assistance, help, Plaut. Cist. 4, 1, 11 (663); id. Am. 5, 1, 78 (1130); id. Most. 1, 1, 74 (74); 2, 2, 97 (527); cf.: fidem vestram oro atque obsecro, judices, Cic. Mur. 40, 86: deum atque hominum fidem implorabis, id. Verr. 2, 1, 9, § 25; so in colloq. lang. frequently elliptic. as an exclamation: Di vostram fidem! by the protection of the gods! for heaven's sake! Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 58 (418), id. Men. 5, 2, 119 (871); id. Poen. 4, 78 (894) al.; Ter. And. 716; 744; id. Eun. 418 al.; cf.: tuam fidem, Venus! Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 40 (197): pro deum atque hominum fidem! id. ib. 5, 3, 16 (694); id. Ep. 4, 2, 10 (579); Ter. And. 237; 246; id. Heaut. 61 al.; Sall. C. 20, 10 al.; for which: pro deorum atque hominum fidem! Cic. Tusc. 5, 16, 48; and in a different order: pro deorum fidem atque hominum, id. Lael. 15, 52; also simply pro deum fidem, Liv. 3, 67, 7 Drak. N. cr.; and: per fidem! Petr. 100, 5; Tac. Or. 35; Ap. Met. 6, 4, 16.—
  • C The faith, the Christian religion as a system of belief (eccl. Lat.): domicilium fidei, Lact. 4, 30 fin.; Vulg. Apoc. 14, 12 al.
• III Fides, personified as a goddess: praeclare Ennius: O Fides alma, apta pinnis, et jus jurandum Jovis! Qui jus igitur jurandum violat, is Fidem violat, Cic. Off. 3, 29, 104 (Enn. Trag. v. 410 ed. Vahl.); cf. Varr. L. L. 5, § 74 Müll.; Cic. N. D. 3, 18, 47; 2, 23, 61; 31, 79; id. Leg. 2, 8, 19; 11, 28; Plaut. Cas. prol. 2; id. Aul. 3, 6, 46 (582); 50 (586); 4, 2, 14 (621); Verg. A. 1, 292; Hor. C. 1, 35, 21; 4, 5, 20; id. C. S. 57.

fĭdes, ium, plur., or fides, is, sing., f. [= σφίδη], a stringed instrument, lyre, lute, cithern.

• I Lit.
• • A In gen.
  • • • • α In plur. (only so in classic prose): Fides genus citharae, Paul. ex Fest. p. 89, 16 Müll.: (hominis) omnis vultus omnesque voces, ut nervi in fidibus, ita sonant, ut a motu animi quoque sunt pulsae, Cic. de Or. 3, 57, 216; so different from nervi, id. Div. 2, 14, 33; id. Leg. 2, 15, 39; id. Brut. 54, 199; id. Fin. 4, 27, 75 (v. Madv. ad h. l., p. 601 sq.): ut in fidibus aut tibiis, atque in cantu ipso ac vocibus concentus est quidam tenendus ex distinctis sonis, etc., id. Rep. 2, 42; id. Fin. 4, 27, 75; cf. id. de Or. 3, 51, 197: Fi. Fides non reddis? Pe. Neque fides neque tibias, Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 77 (513); with tibiae, Quint. 1, 10, 14; 20; 11, 3, 59: Orpheus, Threïciā fretus citharā fidibusque canoris, Verg. A. 6, 120: fidibus cantare alicui, Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 64 (500): fidibus canere praeclare, Cic. Tusc. 1, 2, 4; id. Div. 2, 59, 122: uti, id. Tusc. 5, 39, 113: dicere longum melos, Hor. C. 3, 4, 4: placare deos, id. ib. 1, 36, 1: discere, Cic. de Sen. 8, 26: docere aliquem, id. Fam. 9, 22, 3: scire, Ter. Eun. 133: vivunt commissi calores Aeoliae fidibus puellae, Hor. C. 4, 9, 12: fidibusne Latinis Thebanos aptare modos studet, i. e. to imitate Pindaric odes in Latin poetry, id. Ep. 1, 3, 12.—
        • β Sing. (poet.): sume fidem et pharetram: fies manifestus Apollo, Ov. H. 15, 23; so, Teïa, Hor. C. 1, 17, 18: Cyllenea, id. Epod. 13, 9: quodsi blandius Orpheo moderere fidem, id. C. 1, 24, 14.—
    • 2 Prov.: vetus adagium est: Nihil cum fidibus graculo, i. e. ignoramuses have nothing to do with poetry, Gell. N. A. praef. § 19.—
  • B Esp., Fides, is, f., a constellation, i. q. Lyra, the Lyre: cedit clara Fides Cyllenia, Cic. Arat. 381; Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 12; in the form Fidis, Col. 11, 2, 14; 40; Sid. Carm. 16, 5.—*
• II Transf., in sing., i. q. nervus, chorda, a string of a musical instrument: quae tuba quaeve lyra Flatibus incluta vel fidibus, Prud. Cath. 3, 81.

1. fidēs, eī, f. (fīdo), das Vertrauen auf jmds. oder einer Sache Redlichkeit, Aufrichtigkeit, Wahrhaftigkeit, das Zutrauen, der Glaube, die Überzeugung, I) eig.: 1) im allg.: Ch. Itan parvam mihi fidem esse apud te? De. Vin me (hoc) credere? Ter.: mihi fides apud hunc est, nihil me istius facturum, Ter.: propter fidem (durch Mißbrauch des Vertrauens) decepta, Ter.: arcani prodiga fides, Treubruch durch Ausplaudern des Geheimnisses, Hor.: u. so per fidem decipere, Liv., od. fallere, Cic.: per fidem violare, Liv.: id quod mihi cum fide (vertrauensvoll) semel impositum est, Cic. – alci od. alci rei fidem, parvam fidem, minorem fidem habere, Vertrauen, Glauben schenken, trauen, u. mit folg. Acc. u. Infin., Cic. u.a.: so auch alci rei fidem tribuere, adiungere, Gl. beimessen, Cic.: u. so poet., alci rei fidem ferre, Verg. – (alci) fidem facere, (bei jmd.) Gl. schaffen, -erwecken, jmd überzeugen, absol., Cic., od. mit folg. Acc. u. Infin., tibi fidem faciemus, nos ea suadere, quae etc., Cic.: aptum quiddam ad fidem faciendam, überzeugendes, Cic. – ähnlich alci rei fidem addere, Ggstz. demere, Tac. u.a. (s. Gruber Tac. Germ. 3, 4; versch. von unten no. II, B, 1). – nec vana fides, genus esse deorum, Verg. (vgl. no. 2, b). – nuntiabantur haec eadem Curioni; sed aliquamdiu fides fieri non poterat, er konnte lange Zeit sich nicht entschließen, daran zu glauben, Caes. b. c. 2, 37, 1. – dah. als jurist. t. t., bona fides, der gute Glaube, in dem sich jmd. in bezug auf ein Rechtsverhältnis befindet, d.i. die Unkenntnis der Unrechtmäßigkeit desselben, Ggstz. mala fides, der schlechte Glaube, d.i. das Bewußtsein der Unrechtmäßigkeit, bonā od. malā fide emere, possidere, ICt.: bonae fidei emptor, ICt.

2) insbes.: a) als t. t. der Geschäftsspr., der Kredit (vgl. Drak. Liv. 6, 11, 8), cum fides totā Italiā esset angustior (geschmälert war), Caes.; vgl. labefactā iam fide, Suet.: fidem moliri, Liv.: fides concĭdit (ist gesunken), Cic.: fides de foro sublata est, Cic.: fidem renovare, Cic. – oft verb. res (Vermögen) et fides, res fidesque, Plaut. u. Sall.: ubi res eos iam pridem, fides nuper deficere coepit, Cic.: homo sine re, sine fide, sine spe, Cic. Vgl. Korte u. Fabri Sall. Iug. 73, 6. – übtr., segetis certa fides meae, Wiedererstattung, Ertrag, Hor.: fallax unius anni fides, getäuschte Erwartung, Plin. pan. – b) der christl. Glaube (vgl. no. 1 nec vana fides, genus esse deorum, Verg.), ministri verae orthodoxae fidei, spät. ICt.: a fide Christianorum discrepare, spät. ICt.

II) meton.: A) die Vertrauen erweckende Redlichkeit, Ehrlichkeit, Treue, Pflichttreue, Zuverlässigkeit, Gewissenhaftigkeit, Ehrenhaftigkeit, Aufrichtigkeit, Treuherzigkeit, Biederkeit, 1) im allg. (Ggstz. perfidia, fraudatio), exemplum antiquae probitatis ac fidei, Cic.: fidem praestare, die Treue bewahren, Cic.: fidem rectumque colere, Ov.: fidem laedere, Cic.: de fide (über die [verletzte] Tr.) queri, Ov. – von der Treue bei Verträgen u. Bündnissen, pro vetere ac perpetua erga populum Romanum fide, Caes.: sincerā fide in pace esse, Liv.: in fide manere, Caes.: fidem socialem usque ad perniciem suam colere, Liv.: Saguntini fide atque aerumnis incluti prae mortalibus, Sall. fr.: Saguntum fide nobile, Plin. – dah. a) in Anrufungen u. Beteuerungen, fidem vestram oro atque obsecro, iudices, Cic.: u. so di vostram fidem! getreuer Gott! Komik. (s. Spengel Ter. Andr. 716): tuam fidem, Venus! bei deiner Treue, Plaut.: pro deûm (deorum) atque hominum fidem, bei der Ehrlichkeit, Wahrhaftigkeit der Götter und Menschen, Komik., Sall. u. Cic.: pro deûm fidem! Ter. u. Liv.: per fidem, (bei) meiner Treue! Petron. u. Tac. dial. – u. b) bona fides, die aufrichtige Willensmeinung (Ggstz. mala fides, dolus, fraus), ICt.: dah. bonā fide, gewissenhaft, aufrichtig, ehrlich, als ehrlicher Mann, dic bonā fide, Plaut.: bonāne fide? Komik. (s. Brix Plaut. capt. 887. Wagner Ter. heaut. 761): ebenso cum fide, zB. defendere, Cic., agere, Liv. – u. so als jurist. t. t., bonā fide od. ex bona fide, nach bestem Willen, gewissenhaft, mit aufrichtigem-, ernstem Willen, auf Treu u. Glauben, Cic. u. ICt.: iudicia de mala fide, wegen Veruntreuung, Cic. – Fidēs personifiz., als Gottheit, Enn. fr. scen. 403. Cic. de off. 3, 104. Liv. 1, 21, 4. Hor. carm. 1, 35, 21.

2) insbes.: a) das unter Versicherung-, eidlicher Beteuerung treuer Erfüllung gegebene Versprechen (Wort), Gelöbnis, die Zusage, die Versicherung, Beteuerung, Verpflichtung, Gewährleistung (Garantie), ubi fides? wo bleibt das Versprechen? Ter.: fidem alci dare, Cic.: fidem dare de alqo, Cic.: fidem accipere, Liv.: fidem suam obligare, Cic.: fidem servare, Cic., cum alqo, Plaut., de alqa re, Caes.: fidem conservare, Caes., Cic. u. Nep.: fidem tenere, die versprochene Verschwiegenheit beobachten, Prop.: fidem solvere, Ter., Ov. u. Planc. in Cic. ep., od. exsolvere, Liv.: fidem suam liberare, Cic.: fidem mutare (nicht halten), Liv.: fallere hosti datam fidem, Cic.: fidem frangere, violare, Cic.: fidem prodere, Cic. u. Sall.: fidem frustrari, Ter.: fidem amittere, Nep. – fide meā, auf mein Wort, Cic. – bei den Erotikern oft von der Beteuerung der Liebe, s. Prop. 1, 18, 18. Ov. her. 2, 31. – u. so b) präg., fides publica od. bl. fides (griech. ἄδεια), das Versprechen des Schutzes-, der Sicherheit der Person, sicheres Geleit, Sicherheit im Namen des Staates verbürgt, fidem ei publicam iussu senatus dedi, Cic.: interpositā fide publicā Romam ducere, Sall.: fidem publicam postulare, Cic. – fide acceptā venerat in castra Romana, Liv.: Lusitani contra interpositam fidem interfecti, Cic. – c) getreuer Schutz, getreue Obhut, getreuer Beistand, getreue Hilfe, se alci commendare in clientelam et fidem, Ter.: conferre se in alcis fidem et clientelam, in alcis amicitiam et fidem, Cic.: committere se in fidem alcis, Ter.: se suaque omnia in fidem atque potestatem populi Romani permittere, sich auf Gnade u. Ungnade ergeben, Caes.: so auch venire in alcis fidem, Liv., od. in alcis fidem ac potestatem, Caes.: alcis fidem sequi, sich in jmds. Schutz begeben, Caes.: alqm in fidem recipere, Cic.: in alcis fide et clientela esse, Cic. – di, obsecro vestram fidem, Plaut.: deûm atque hominum fidem implorabis, Cic.

B) die Vertrauen verdienende Glaubwürdigkeit, Zuverlässigkeit, Wahrhaftigkeit, Wahrheit, Gewißheit, eines Aussagenden, einer Aussage, Äußerung, eines Vorgangs usw., 1) im allg.: tibi maxima rerum verborumque fides, Verg. – qui non speciem expositionis, sed fidem quaerit, Quint. – orationi fidem afferre, Cic. – si qua fides vero est, Ov. – ille dat fidem iussis, verleiht Glauben, bestätigt, verspricht es, Ov.: dant verbo plurima signa fidem, bestätigen die Bedeutung des W., Ov.: dabat vocibus nostris fidem apud optimum principem, quod apud malos detrahebat, verschaffte Glauben, Plin. pan.: so auch addere fidem alci rei (Ggstz. demere), Liv. u.a.: fabulis fidem firmare aut historiis demere, Suet. – facere alci rei fidem, Flor. u.a. (s. Drak. Liv. 2, 24, 6; verschieden von no. I, 1): ebenso fidem facit alqd iudicii mei, Cic. – cum vix fides esset (glaublich war), rem ullo modo successuram, Suet. – omnia ex fide (der Wahrheit gemäß) narrare, Suet.: laboris ultra fidem (unglaublich) patiens erat, Suet. – alcis rei fidem imminuere, Cic.: alci od. alci rei fidem abrogare, Cic. – fides gaudii, ungeheuchelte Freude (Ggstz. necessitas gaudendi), Plin. pan. – u. so bes. von der Glaubwürdigkeit der Zeugen, Dokumente usw., testium, testimonii, ICt.: tabularum, Cic.: (litterae) quam habere auctoritatem et quam fidem possunt, Cic.

2) insbes.: a) der sichere Beweis von etwas, manifesta fides (sc. urbis captae), Verg.; u. so mit folg. Acc. u. Infin., manifesta fides publicā ope Volscos hostes adiutos, Liv. – in fidem rerum secundarum, Liv.: ad fidem criminum, Liv. – sum fides vocis, ich bin der B. von usw., Ov. – b) die Gewißheit = die gewisse Erfüllung, der sichere Erfolg, verba fides sequitur, Ov.: promissa exhibuere fidem, wurden erfüllt, Ov.: u. so fidem nancisci, Ov.: pollicitam dictis adde fidem, erfülle die Verheißung, Ov.: en haec promissa fides est? der (durch das Orakel) versprochene sichere Erfolg, Verg. – ➳ Genet. Sing. fidēī gemessen, Plaut. aul. 583. Enn. ann. 338. Lucr. 5, 102. – Archaist. Genet. fides, Plaut. Pers. 244. Itala (Taurin.) Matth. 6, 30: archaist. Genet. fide, Plaut. aul. 667. Ter heaut. 1002. Poët. trag. fr. bei Cic. de off. 3, 98. Planc. in Cic. ep. 10, 17, 3 zw. (al. fidei). Hor. carm. 3, 7, 4. Ov. met. 3, 341; 6, 506; 7, 728 u. 737: archaist. Dat. fide, Plaut. Amph. 391; aul. 676 u.a. Ter. Andr. 296; eun. 886 u. 898. Hor. sat. 1, 3, 95. Vgl. Brix Plaut. trin. 117: archaist. Genet. fidi, Corp. inscr. Lat. 2, 5042: archaist. Dat. Fidi, Fasti fr. arval. Oct. 1. p. CCXXXVIII ed. Mommsen.

2. fidēs, is, f. (σφίδη), die Darmsaite, die Saite eines musikalischen Instruments, I) eig., Sil. 11, 452 (455). Prud. cath. 3, 82 (denn Cic. de fin. 4, 75 sind fides plures mehrere Saiteninstrumente, s. Madvig z. St.). – II) meton. (der Plur., bei Dichtern auch der Sing.): A) das Saitenspiel, Saiteninstrument, die Lyra, Leier, fidibus canere, Cic.: fidibus scire, Ter.: discere fidibus, Cic.: docere fidibus, Cic.: fidibus Latinis (lat. Dichtung) Thebanos aptare modos, v. Lyriker, Hor. – Sing., fides Teïa, Hor.: sume fidem, Ov.: Sing.-Nbf. fidis, Sidon. carm. 16, 5. – B) übtr., Fidēs u. Fidis, ein Gestirn = Lyra, die Lyra, Leier, Form -ēs, Varro r. r. 2, 5, 12. Cic. Arat. 627 M.: Form -is, Col. 11, 2, 14. 40. 57. 58. 88. 97.

1 fīdes [CL] 1 faith, belief, confidence, credence, trust; b (in God). c faith (as first of three theol. virtues, w. ref. to I Cor. xiii); d (dist. from ratio). est in amore fides, si sint duo; tercius absit (Vers.) M. Rievaulx 49; 1297, etc. (v. creditivus); 1336 in vobis ~em tantam habemus quod ‥ Lit. Cant. II 137; 1440 ~em indubiam presentibus adhibere FormOx 466; quis umquam ~em adhibuit mulieri et deceptus non erat? Wager f. 41a.  b rore Sancti Spiritus madefacti ~e non dubia Gildas EB 70; secundum ~em ejus sanatus est V. Cuthb. I 4; ~es [ME: bileave] stabilis fugat ‥ diabolum AncrR 91; si respiciat oculis ~ei [ME: wið echnen of bileave] Ib. ‥.  c 1002 (v. caritas 2b); 1281 (v. cardinalis 2a).  d laudatur Maria quod rationem ~e prevenit, et punitur Zacharias quod ~em ratione tentavit Gir. TH I 13. 2 religious faith, religion. b the Faith, Christianity. c (w. apostolicus, catholicus, Christianus, Dominicus, orthodoxus or sim.). eos summo habebant odio ~emque et religionem eorum pro nichilo habebant G. Mon. XI 12; quesivit ab eis, quam ~em quamque religionem patres eorum coluissent M. Par. Maj. I 189 (cf. G. Mon. VI 10: inquirit cujusmodi religionem haberent); 1310 audivit ‥ quod Templarii male ~ei essent, et Christum abnegarent Conc. II 379; quod ~es Saracenorum est falsa ~es Ockham Dial. 452.  b quid ‥ deformius ‥ quam Deo timorem, bonis civibus caritatem ‥ absque ~ei detrimento debitum denegare honorem et frangere divino sensui humanoque fidem ‥? Gildas EB 4 (v. 6a infra); 601 ecclesia ‥ quae nuper ad ~em perducta est (Libellus Responsionum) Bede HE I 27; 680 rumor ecclesiae ~ei contrarius ‥ percrebruit Aldh. Ep. 4 p. 482; Bede HE II 5 (v. caritas 2b); apostata, discessus a ~e GlC A 692; 903 quandiu ~es crescit in gente Anglorum CS 894; 1074 quatinus ‥ ~ei congrua opera ‥ exhibeatis Lanfr. Ep. 37 (9); Salvator ‥ ex quo mundus salutarem suscepit ~em Ailr. Ed. Conf. 737B; protegit ense fidem Garl. Tri. Eccl. 67; a1441 si credentes baptizati fueritis in ea ~e Reg. Whet. II 395; 1535 in curia domini regis ‥ Henrici VIII ‥ ~ei defensoris FormA 236.  c 625 orthodoxa ~es ‥ ibidem collocatur (Lit. Papae) Eadmer HN 312; si quis ‥ nescit deferentiam catholicae ~ei ‥ Theod. Pen. I 5. 13; 680 ~es catholica (v. caritas 2b); Bede HE I 7 (v. Christianus 1d); 798 profiteor ore ‥ orthodoxam, catholicam, apostolicamque ~em CS 292; s1139 non debere illum, qui se Christi ~ei subjectum meminisset, indignari si ‥ W. Malm. HN 472 p. 30; 1254 ~em reliquit Cristianam (Pat) RGasc I 525; 1536 catholice et orthodoxe ~ei columna Conc. Scot. I ccxlviii. 3 statement of faith, creed. 786 ut ‥ ~es Niceni concilii ab omnibus ‥ fideliter ‥ teneatur Alcuin Ep. 3 p. 21; Gir. TH I 21, etc. (v. articulus 3d); qui ‥ Nicenam ~em inconcusse servavit R. Niger Chr. I 38; psalmus qui dicitur ‘Fides Athanasii’, sc. ‘Quicunque vult’ G. S. Alb. I 464. 4 good faith, sincerity, trustworthiness; b (bona ~es). a705 quatenus ‥ ~em verborum ‥ adhibeas (Æthelwald) Ep. Aldh. 2 (7); quesivit a me ‥ que ~es, id est fidelitas, eorum, et quomodo credi possint Map NC II 23 f. 32; lx m. reditus ecclesiasticos ut ei conferret in ~e consuluerunt Gir. JS 3 p. 324.  b 1199, 1211 bona ~e (v. bonus 3b); 1217 (v. fiduciare); non fuit verus imperator ‥ sed solummodo fuit possessor bone ~ei Ockham Pol. I 94. 5 authority, trustworthy testimony; b (~es oculata) eye-witness testimony. qui ‥ causam dissonantiae ‥ inquireret nec vellet septuaginta translatorum ~ei derogare Bede Gen. 79C; simpliciter ~em historiae quam legebam accommodans Id. HE pref.; 867 praecipio omnibus successoribus meis ‥ per ~em Sancti Martini confessoris Christi ut numquam aliquis munificentiam infringere praesumat CS 516; sanctum ‥ in ecclesia recondidere. ‥ hujus ~ei testis est hesternus abbas Scollandus, qui tunc aderat cum haec recenter facta celebrarentur Gosc. Transl. Aug. 44B; nec ~es rerum fame levitatem destituit W. Malm. HN 467 p. 23; hoc apud nostros opere divino firma ~e certificatum dubie disquiri ‥ non oportet Balsh. AD rec. 2 133; ad ampliorem ~em opinionis sue astruendum dicunt res videri per aerem T. Sutton Gen. & Corrupt. 71.  b quoniam oculata ~es firmior atque fidelior esse solet Gir. GE proem. p. 4; c1190 sicut inde donum ‥ Hugonis habuisse oculata eos ~es ex inspectione carte ipsius nos instruxit Reg. S. Thom. Dublin 338; 1440 diligencias vestras paratissimas esse oculata ~e videmus Bekynton I 38; 1485 veritati adhibere quia vero oculata ~e protholor ‥ incalescente ambicione ‥ Reg. Aberbr. II 241. 6 assurance, (leg.) oath. b (ex ~e) by oath. c (sub ~e) under oath. d (ponere aliquem per ~em) to put one on oath, extract an oath from someone. e pledge, surety. Gildas EB 4 (v. 2b supra); temptant Deum ‥ nec ~em servant illi Ib. 62; nolo fidem frangas Aldh. Aen. 41 (Pulvillus) 1; ~em enim spopondi quod permissione mea regnum Anglie non intrabit nisi ‥ H. Cantor f. 19; fidem ab eo suscipiat quod ‥ Dial. Scac. I 5H (v. conscientia 2b); petunt sibi ~es dari ad securitatem regis a clericis extremis Gerv. Cant. Chr. 223; 1291 bona ipsorum confiscari non faciemus quin eorum heredes bona illa integre habeant ‥ dum tamen de dictis heredibus ~es aut noticia habeatur ‥ (Ch.) EHR XV 518.  b 1503 servientes ad legem exfide facti in curia Cancellarii Treat. J. P. 135n.  c barones ‥ sub ~e ponentes quod idem faciemus affidare omnes Gerv. Cant. Chr. 199.  d 1201 hostia domus sue fregit et ipsum ligavit ‥ et eum per ~em posuit SelPlCrown 82; 1214 posuerunt eum per ~em ‥ et fecerunt eum affidare quod ‥ Ib. 115.  e 1227 nec debuit recipi ~es senescalli, quia non fuit proprium debitum domini sui LTR Mem 9 m. 6d.; 1230 distringatur, et senescallus non admittatur ad ~em ammodo Ib. 11 m. 12(1)d.; non plus capiat ~em, et sit ad scaccarium ‥ ad respondendum de ~e Ib; ponat omnes senescallos predictos per vad’ et plegios quod sint ad scaccarium ‥ ad respondendum de transgressione ~ei Ib. m. 12(2)d.; 1238 ita quod [senescallus] ‥ satisfaciat ad scaccarium de eisdem sub eadem ~e Ib. 12 m. 9. 7 (leg., w. ref. to contractual agreement): a (~es corporalis) corporal oath. b (~es manualis) faith confirmed by hand-clasp. c (a ~e, ~e media or mediata) on plighted faith; d (~e mediante). e (~es laesa or mentita) broken oath. a c1250 (v. corporalis 1d).  b 1294 rata habemus et confirmamus ad observanciam eorum inviolabilem manuali ~e prestita super eis TreatyR I 231 p. 99; ~em dedimus manualem Ib. 238.  c a1176 affirmavit ~e media Cart. Osney IV 154; a1204 de aliis terris meis illi perficiam hoc pactum a ~e tenendum illi et heredibus suis Starrs I 24; 1220 promiserat ei ecclesiam illam ~e mediata CurR IX 198; a1251 promisi ‥ ~e media quod ‥ numquam ‥ questionem movebimus AncD A 1854; 1252 conventionem fideliter ‥ observandam, ‥ preceptor et fratres et Ricardus fidemedia se ad invicem obligaverunt Cart. Beauchamp 57; 1254 hoc ~e nostra media in manu ‥ episcopi prestita ‥ promisimus (Pat) RGasc I 343; 1304 me ipsosque ~e media firmiter obligando juramento nostro ‥ prestando Reg. Aberd. I 39; 1437 procurator predictus promisit ~e sua media quod ‥ celebrabunt obitum Mem. Ripon I 132; 1542 Johannes N. constituens fidemedia se obligavit quod si contingat ‥ dictum redditum ‥ in vardam ‥ cadere, ‥ eo in casu ipse J. N. constituens ‥ et assignati solvent ‥ Form. S. Andr. II 213.  d c1300 tactis ‥ ewangeliis ~e mediante FormMan 9; 1371 fuit conductus ‥ ad triturandum omnia blada eorum ‥ ~e sua mediante, capiendo pro salario suo juxta formam statuti SessPLincs I 154; ut ‥ hec ‥ vendicio ‥ firma ‥ in posterum perseveret, eam ~e mediante et presenti carte ‥ sigilli ‥ apposicione dignum duxi roborare FormA 279.  e si dominus de felonia vel ~e mentita compellet hominem suum ‥ (Leg. Hen. 53. 4) GAS 574; causam ~ei lese et advocationis ecclesiarum in curia decidi constituit R. Niger Chr. II 168; 1219 A. ‥ cognovit quod traxit eum in placitum de ~e sua lesa et non de laico feodo CurR VIII 53; s1304 ~e mentita et condicione violata Fordun Cont. XII 4. 8 allegiance (as pers. obligation); b (esse or venire ad ~em); c (in ~e qua tenetur or sim.). illum namque Deus diligit, qui suum dominum recte ~e diligit (Cons. Cnuti 20) GAS 301; omnis homo ~em debet domino suo de vita et membris suis, et terreno honore, et observatione consilii sui ‥ ~e Dei et terre principis salva (Leg. Hen. 55. 3) Ib. 575; s1131 imperatrix ‥ priscam ~em apud eos qui dederant novavit, ab his qui non dederant accepit W. Malm. HN 455; s1138 comes Gloecestre ‥ regi, more majorum, amicitiam et ~em interdixit, homagio etiam abdicato Ib. 467 p. 23; 1181 quod de jure archidiaconatus hominio michi et fideligia [l. ~e ligia] tenebatur obnoxius quam ipse michi utinam fideliore memoria conservasset Arnulf Ep. 138 p. 212; si warantus fuerit ad ~em domini regis Francie Bracton 298; 1265 qui in ~e nostra interfectus fuit in conflictu de Evesham’ Cl 74; s1211 rex Scocie concessit domino suo regi Johanni quod ipse maritaret filium suum ‥ ubicunque vellet ad ~em suam Meaux I 390; juraverunt quod ei contra omnes mortales ~em et fidelitatem tenerent Ib..  b 1216 mandamus vobis quod ‥ veniatis ad ~em et servicium nostrum Pat 4; 1217 adducatis ‥ quos ‥ poteritis ‥ qui sunt vel esse voluerint ad ~em nostram Ib. 21; 1237 erunt ad ~em et servicium ‥ regis TreatyR I 23; 1264 cum ‥ W. de M. ad ~em nostram et pacem sit Cl 81; 1265 dicti mercatores sunt ad ~em nostram Cl 35.  c 1220 precipientes ‥ in ~e qua nobis tenemini ‥ quatinus ‥ Pat 226; 1220 veniunt et dicunt in ~e qua tenentur domino regi quod ‥ CurR VIII 274; 1257 tibi districte precipimus in ~e qua nobis teneris, et sicut te ipsum et omnia tua diligis ‥ Cl 29; 1266 ut ‥ W. asseruit in ~e qua tenetur domino regi ExchScot 29; 1460 vobis, in ~e et dileccione quibus nobis tenemini, injungimus ‥ Lit. Cant. III 234; 1507 concedimus, promittimus ‥ in ~e et promissione qua ecclesie predicte tenemur et astringimur ‥ Ib. 339.

2 fides [CL] , string of lyre, harpstring. b string, cord. et fidibus citharae moduletur carmina Christo Aldh. VirgV 65; Id. Met. 3 p. 73 (v. fidicula 1a); ~ibus, i. fidis cithare, strengum GlH F 351; ut rubus est spinis ‥ / ‥ / psalterium psalmis, fidibus lira, Jerico palmis R. Cant. Poems 15. 41; quod ‥ proportiones ponderum faciunt in malleis vel cymbalis, idem eedem in ~ibus ratione longitudinis brevitatisque, intensionis remissionisque faciunt; idem etiam in fistule foraminibus ratione profunditatis Adel. ED 27; Serlo Wilt. 2. 45 (v. 2 fidere e); Orpheus ~ibus canoris se recreasse perhibetur Neckam NR II 109; hec ~es, a harpstryng WW.  b qui enim funem facit torquendo semper et involvendo ~es ~ibus auget Bede Prov. 959; c1270 in j sacca iij petris grosse lane pectinandis. ‥ in eadem artinanda et bene miscenda. ‥ in ~ibus et filo ad idem emptis . Ac. Beaulieu 220.

1 fĭdēs, (5) ĕī, f. (fido), ¶ 1 foi, confiance : fidem magnam, parvam, majorem, maximam habere alicui ou alicui rei, avoir une grande, une petite, une plus grande, la plus grande confiance en qqn, en qqch. : Cic. Off. 2, 33 ; Fam. 5, 20, 2 ; Rep. 2, 18, etc. ; alicui summam omnium rerum fidem habere Cæs. G. 1, 19, 3, avoir en qqn la plus haute confiance pour toutes choses, cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 131 ; fidem adjungere, tribuere Cic. Div. 2, 113 ; Sulla 10, ajouter foi ; fidem facere [habere Cic. Fam. 6, 6, 7 ] Cic. Br. 142, inspirer confiance ; fidei causa Sall. J. 85, 29, pour inspirer confiance ; (ei) aliquamdiu fides fieri non poterat Cæs. C. 2, 37, 1, pendant un assez long temps il ne pouvait se décider à croire ; res quæ ad fidem faciendam valent Cic. de Or. 2, 121, les ressorts qui servent à emporter lʼadhésion (persuader) ; fidem facere alicujus rei, faire croire à qqch. : Sen. Ira 1, 20, 7 ; (alicui) fidem facere av. prop. inf., faire croire (à qqn) que : Cic. Q. 2, 5, 3 ; Cæs. G. 6, 41, 2 ; Liv. 25, 8, 6 ; vix fides fit av. prop. inf. Liv. 30, 28, 5, on a peine à croire que ; his miraculis fides Liv. 26, 19, 8, la croyance à ces miracles ; alicui abrogare fidem jurisjurandi Cic. Com. 44, enlever la confiance dans le serment de qqn, cf. Cic. Ac. 2, 36 ; imminuere orationis fidem Cic. de Or. 2, 156, affaiblir la (confiance dans un discours) force persuasive dʼun discours ¶ 2 [en part.] crédit : fides concidit Cic. Pomp. 19 ; sublata est Cic. Agr. 2, 8, le crédit est tombé, a disparu, cf. Cic. Cat. 2, 10 ; Cæs. C. 3, 1, 2 ; fidem revocare Cic. Marc. 23, ramener le crédit : res fidesque Sall. J. 73, 6, les biens et le crédit || [fig.] confiance : segetis certa fides Hor. O. 3, 16, 30, confiance assurée dans la récolte dʼun champ ¶ 3 ce qui produit la confiance, bonne foi, loyauté, droiture, conscience : fides, id est dictorum conventorumque constantia et veritas Cic. Off. 1, 23, la bonne foi, c.-à-d. la fidélité et la franchise dans les paroles et les conventions ; hinc fides, illinc fraudatio Cic. Cat. 2, 25, dʼun côté la loyauté, de lʼautre la fourberie ; fides erga populum Romanum Cæs. G. 5, 54, 4, fidélité envers le peuple romain ; fidem præstare Cic. Top. 42, observer la bonne foi ; mea fides perspecta est Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 177, ma droiture sʼest montrée pleinement ; qqf. fidem habere, avoir de la droiture, cf. Cic. Att. 4, 5, 1 ; Sen. Ep. 81, 12 || [droit] ex bona fide, ex fide bona Cic. Top. 66 ; Off. 3, 61 ; 3, 70, etc., en toute bonne foi, consciencieusement ; optima fide Cic. Amer. 144, avec une parfaite bonne foi ; fides mala Cic. Nat. 3, 74, mauvaise foi ; [dans dialogue] dic bona fide Pl. Aul. 772, dis-moi, en conscience, sincèrement, cf. Pl. Capt. 890 ; Truc. 586 || [en parl. de choses] vérité, authenticité, sincérité : tabularum fides Cic. Arch. 9, authenticité, autorité des registres, cf. Cic. Fl. 21 ; Ac. 2, 58 ; fides reconciliatæ gratiæ Cic. Mil. 21, sincérité dʼune réconciliation || [poét.] réalité, réalisation : vota fides sequitur Ov. M. 8, 711, leurs vœux sont exaucés, cf. M. 3, 527 ; 7, 323 ¶ 4 promesse, assurance, parole donnée : fidem hosti datam fallere Cic. Off. 1, 39, trahir la parole donnée à lʼennemi ; si fides Saturnino data est, eam C. Marius dedit idemque violavit, si in fide non stetit Cic. Rab. perd. 28, si une assurance (sauvegarde) a été donnée à Saturninus, cʼest Marius qui lʼa donnée, et cʼest lui aussi qui lʼa violée, sʼil nʼa pas tenu parole ; suam fidem in rem interponere Cæs. G. 5, 36, 2, engager sa parole pour garantir une chose ; fide indutiarum interposita Liv. 42, 43, 4, sur la foi de lʼarmistice ; de aliqua re fidem servare Cæs. G. 6, 36, 1, tenir sa parole relativement à qqch. ; fidem publicam tueri Liv. 29, 1, 17, observer les engagements de lʼÉtat, la parole de lʼÉtat ; fide alicujus pecuniam sumere Cic. Fl. 47, emprunter sur la parole (la caution) de qqn ; libera fide Liv. 30, 4, 10, la parole étant dégagée ; fide data fore ut... Sall. J. 61, 5, engagement étant pris quʼil arriverait que... ; fidem suam liberare Cic. Fl. 47 ; exsolvere Liv. 3, 19, 1 ; 22, 23, 8, remplir ses engagements ; velim fidem meam liberes Cic. Fam. 12, 7, 2, je voudrais que tu acquittes ma promesse ; suam fidem alicui præstare Cic. Att. 5, 21, 11, tenir parole à qqn, cf. Div. 2, 79 || sauvegarde : fidem publicam alicui dare Cic. Cat. 3, 8, donner à qqn une sauvegarde officielle [promesse dʼimpunité, de vie sauve], cf. Sall. C. 47, 1 ; 48, 4 ; J. 32, 1 ; 35, 7 || [en part.] fidélité envers son général, respect du serment militaire : Cæs. C. 1, 84, 3 ; Liv. 30, 35, 7, etc. ¶ 5 protection, patronage, assistance : in fide alicujus esse Cic. Fam. 13, 65, 2, être sous la protection de qqn ; in fidem et clientelam alicujus se conferre Cic. Amer. 106, se placer sous la protection et le patronage de qqn ; in fidem ac potestatem alicujus venire Cæs. G. 2, 13, 2, se mettre sous la protection et le pouvoir de qqn ; in fidem recipere Cæs. G. 2, 15, 1, prendre sous sa protection ; fidem alicujus sequi Cæs. G. 4, 21, 8 ; 5, 20, 1, se mettre sous la protection de qqn || [formules] : fidem vestram obtestatur, judices Cic. Mur. 86, il implore votre assistance, juges ; deum atque hominum fidem implorabis Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 25, tu imploreras lʼappui des dieux et des hommes, tu les prendras à témoin ; di vostram fidem ! Pl. Capt. 418, les dieux mʼen soient témoins ! pro deum (deorum) atque hominum fidem, jʼen atteste les dieux et les hommes, au nom des dieux et des hommes ; v. pro 2.

➳ gén. fidēi avec e long, Lucr. 5, 102 ; gén. et dat. arch. fidē Pl. Amph. 391 ; Ter. Haut. 1002 ; Hor. O. 3, 7, 4 ; S. 1, 3, 95 ; gén. fidi CIL 2, 5042.

3 fĭdēs (11) ou fĭdis, is, f. , v. suiv.

4 fĭdēs, ium, f. , lyre : fidibus canere Cic. Tusc. 1, 4 ; discere Cic. CM 26 ; docere Cic. Fam. 9, 22, 3 ; scire Ter. Eun. 133, jouer de la lyre, apprendre, enseigner à jouer de la lyre, savoir jouer de la lyre.

➳ sing. fides, is [poét.] : Hor. O. 1, 17, 18 ; 1, 24, 14 ; Ov. H. 15, 23 || Fĭdēs Varro R. 2, 5, 12 ; Fĭdis Col. Rust. 11, 2, 14, la Lyre, constellation.

fides , ei. f.
信。忠信。結約。人信其。助。護。固想。— publica 路票。Bona fide dicere 言之無詭。Fidem exuere vel frangere 失信。食言。爽約。Fidem dare vel interponere 許下。結約。Fidem addere rei (dat.) 益徴此事。Timeo oculorum fidem 怨視悞。 Habere vel adjungere fidem 信服。Habuit res fidem 人皆信此事。Fidem colere vel praestare vel tenere 忠信。至誠。In fide stare 不失信。忠厚。Fidem facere 出憑據。徴。結信。Fidem abrogare 使人不信。減人信。Graeca fide mercari 現銀買。 Fidem liberare 踐前言。如約 Fide pro Fidei.

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fides , ei. f.
女神名。

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fides vel fidis, is. f.
牛郎星。

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fides , is. f. et, v. fides
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fides , ium. f.
絲絃之樂器。絃。

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fidēs (1) gen.(rare), usu. fidē (H., O.), once fidēī (Enn. ap. C.), once fidei (disyl., T.); dat.fidē, S., H., fidei (disyl., T.), f

• 1 FID-, trust, faith, confidence, reliance, credence, belief: si visis fides non est habenda: alcui summam omnium rerum fidem habere, Cs.: habebunt verba fidem, si, etc., find acceptance, H.: testimonio fidem tribuere: ubi prima fides pelago, as soon as they can trust, V.: orationi adfert fidem: fidem facit oratio, commands belief: aliquamdiu fides fieri non poterat, Cs.: vati Si qua fides, may be believed, V.: omnibus abrogatur fides: imminuit orationis fidem: Multa fidem promissa levant, H.: addat fidem, give credence, Ta.: fac fidem, te nihil quaerere, etc., evince: fides mi apud hunc est, nil me istius facturum, T.—In business, credit: cum fides totā Italiā esset angustior, Cs.: fides de foro sublata erat: fidem abrogare, L.: fides deficere coepit: nisi fide staret res p., opibus non staturam, L.: quorum res fidesque in manibus sitae erant, i. e. entire resources, S.—Meton., trustworthiness, faithfulness, conscientiousness, credibility, honesty, truth, good faith: fundamentum iustitiae est fides: fide vestrā fretus: homo antiquā virtute ac fide, T.: prisca, V.: homo sine fide: hinc fides, illinc fraudatio: regni: in fide manere, Cs.: Ubii experimento fidei conlocati, because of their tried fidelity, Ta.: praestare fidem: prodere, S.: mutare, S.: de pace cum fide agere, L.: periura patris, perjured faith, H.: omnem tabularum fidem resignare, credibility: fides eius rei penes auctores erit, S.: maiora fide gessit, beyond belief, O.: segetis certa fides meae, faithfulness(in production), H.—Fulfilment, faithfulness(to a promise): Dicta fides sequitur, O.: promissa Exhibuere fidem, were fulfilled, O.: en haec promissa fides est?the fulfilment of the oracle?V.—In the legal phrase, ex bonā fide, or ex fide bonā, in good faith, with sincerity, without guile; cf. mala fides, deception, dishonesty.—Praegn., a promise, engagement, word, assurance, confirmation: fidem hosti datam fallere: inter se fidem dare, Cs.: obligare fidem vobis, plight one's faith: fidem servare, Cs.: fides iuris iurandi cum hoste servanda: fidem suam liberare, perform his promise: fidem exsolvere, L.: fidem amittere, N.: istius fide ac potius perfidiā decepti: quantum mea fides studii mihi adferat, plighted word: contioni deinde edicto addidit fidem, confirmed, L.: fide rerum tradere, with accurate knowledge, Ta.—A promise of protection, pledge of safety, safe-conduct, assurance, guaranty, protection, guardian care: fidem ei publicam iussu senatūs dedi: si fides publica data esset, S.: privatim praeterea fidem suam interponit, S.: fide acceptā a legatis, vim abfuturam, L.: quaere in cuius fide sint: in fidem Achaeorum castella tradere, L.: in alicuius fidem ac potestatem venire, Cs.: civitas in Catonis fide locata: alqm in fidem suam recipere: iura fidemque Supplicis erubuit (Achilles), due to a suppliant, V.: deūm atque hominum fidem implorabis.—Ellipt., in exclamations: Di vostram fidem! by the protection of the gods! for heaven's sake!T.: pro deūm fidem, T.: pro deorum atque hominum fidem.—Person., Faith, Truth: Fidem violare: Cana, V.: albo rara Fides Velata panno, H.

fidēs (2) is, f

• a chord, string (of a musical instrument); hence, plur, a stringed instrument, lyre, lute, cithern: voces, ut nervi in fidibus, ita sonant, ut, etc.: canorae, V.: fidibus canere praeclare: fidibus Placare deos, H.: fidibus discere: fidibusne Latinis Thebanos aptare modos, i. e. to imitate Pindaric odes, H.—In sing, a stringed instrument, lyre (poet.): Sume fidem, O.: Teïa, H.: si blandius moderere fidem, H.—A constellation, the Lyre: clara, C. poët.

FIDES

FIDES[LYRA]

Fides

The string of a lyre or harp. See lyra.