fido

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

fido (plural fidos)

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

• I'd of, foid

From Latin fidēs.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfido/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ido
• Hyphenation: fi‧do

fido (uncountable, accusative fidon)

1. faith, trust

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

Inherited from Latin fīdus (“loyal”).

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

1. faithful, loyal

Deverbal from fidare (“trust”) +‎ -o.

fido m (plural fidi)

1. (banking) a credit concession

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

fido

1. first-person singular present indicative of fidare

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

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈfiː.doː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈfiː.d̪o]

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

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

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

1. to trust, put confidence in

   Synonyms: cōnfīdō, crēdō

   Antonyms: diffīdō, suspicor, suspiciō

2. to rely upon

Old forms:

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

• fidēlis

Reflexes of an assumed variant *fīdāre:^[1]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

fīdō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of fīdus

• “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
    

From Latin fīdus.

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

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

1. faithful, loyal

   Synonyms: fiel, leal

• “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], 10 December 2024