fido

See also: Fido, FIDO, and fidò

English

Etymology

An acronym of the words freaks, irregulars, defects, oddities, from the 1960s.

Noun

fido (plural fidos)

1. (numismatics) A coin that is defective, having been incorrectly minted, often prized by collectors.

Translations

incorrectly minted coin

• Finnish: lyöntivirhe (fi)
• German: Fehlprägung (de) f

Anagrams

• I'd of, foid

Esperanto

Etymology

From Latin fidēs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfido]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ido
• Hyphenation: fi‧do

Noun

fido (uncountable, accusative fidon)

1. faith, trust

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfi.do/
• Rhymes: -ido
• Hyphenation: fì‧do

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin fīdus (“loyal”).

Adjective

fido (feminine fida, masculine plural fidi, feminine plural fide)

1. faithful, loyal

Related terms

• fede
• fidare
• fiducia

Etymology 2

Deverbal from fidare (“trust”) +‎ -o.

Noun

fido m (plural fidi)

1. (banking) a credit concession

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

fido

1. first-person singular present indicative of fidare

Further reading

• fido in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• fido in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• fìdo in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈfiː.doː/, [ˈfiːd̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfi.do/, [ˈfiːd̪o]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Italic *feiðō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéydʰeti (“to trust”), from the root *bʰeydʰ-.

Cognate to fidēs (“faith”) and Proto-Germanic *bīdaną.

Verb

fīdō (present infinitive fīdere, perfect active fīsus sum); third conjugation, semi-deponent

1. to trust, put confidence in

   Synonyms: confido, credo

   Antonyms: diffīdō, suspiciō

2. to rely upon

Conjugation

   Conjugation of fīdō (third conjugation, semi-deponent)

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	fīdō	fīdis	fīdit	fīdimus	fīditis	fīdunt
	imperfect	fīdēbam	fīdēbās	fīdēbat	fīdēbāmus	fīdēbātis	fīdēbant
	future	fīdam	fīdēs	fīdet	fīdēmus	fīdētis	fīdent
	perfect	fīsus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	fīsus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	fīsus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	fīdam	fīdās	fīdat	fīdāmus	fīdātis	fīdant
	imperfect	fīderem	fīderēs	fīderet	fīderēmus	fīderētis	fīderent
	perfect	fīsus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	fīsus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	fīde	—	—	fīdite	—
	future	—	fīditō	fīditō	—	fīditōte	fīduntō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		fīdere	fīsum esse	fīsūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		fīdēns	fīsus	fīsūrus	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		fīdendī	fīdendō	fīdendum	fīdendō	fīsum	fīsū

Old forms:

• indicative future active: fīdēbō (This may hint to a second conjugation variation.)

Derived terms

• cōnfīdō
• diffīdō

Related terms

• fidēlis

Descendants

Reflexes of an assumed variant *fīdāre:

• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: fidare
  • Sicilian: fidari
    • → Maltese: fada
• North Italian:
  • Friulian: fiâ
  • Old Lombard: fiar
  • Romansch: fidar, fider
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: fiar
  • French: fier
  • Gascon: hidar
  • Occitan: fisar
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: fiar
    • Galician: fiar
    • Portuguese: fiar
  • Spanish: fiar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

fīdō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of fīdus

References

• “fido”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “fido”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• fido in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) historic times: historicorum fide contestata memoria
    
  • (ambiguous) historic truth: historiae, rerum fides
    
  • (ambiguous) an acknowledged historical fact: res historiae fide comprobata
    
  • (ambiguous) genuine historical truth: incorrupta rerum fides
    
  • (ambiguous) to remain loyal: in fide manere (B. G. 7. 4. 5)
    
  • (ambiguous) to undermine a person's loyalty: de fide deducere or a fide abducere aliquem
    
  • (ambiguous) having exchanged pledges, promises: fide data et accepta (Sall. Iug. 81. 1)
    
  • (ambiguous) to be bound by one's word; to be on one's honour: fide obstrictum teneri (Pis. 13. 29)
    
  • (ambiguous) a thing finds credence, is credible: aliquid fidem habet (vid. also fides under sect. VII., History)
    
  • (ambiguous) to promise an oath to..: iureiurando ac fide se obstringere, ut
    
  • (ambiguous) credit and financial position: fides et ratio pecuniarum
    
  • (ambiguous) credit is going down: fides (vid. sect. IX. 10, note fides has six...) concidit
    
  • (ambiguous) a man's credit begins to go down: fides aliquem deficere coepit
    
  • (ambiguous) credit has disappeared: fides (de foro) sublata est (Leg. Agr. 2. 3. 8)
    
  • (ambiguous) credit is low throughout Italy: fides tota Italia est angusta
    

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin fīdus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfido/ [ˈfi.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -ido
• Syllabification: fi‧do

Adjective

fido (feminine fida, masculine plural fidos, feminine plural fidas)

1. faithful, loyal

   Synonyms: fiel, leal

Further reading

• “fido”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10