FIDE, fide
Sounds Like: FI-deh
Translations: by faith, with faith, in faith, to faith, for faith, by trust, with trust, in trust, to trust, for trust, a faith, a trust
From the root: FIDES
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: FIDE is an inflected form of the Latin noun FIDES, meaning 'faith', 'trust', 'belief', or 'fidelity'. As an ablative or dative singular, it indicates the means, instrument, or location (by faith, in faith) or the recipient or purpose (to faith, for faith). It is commonly used in phrases like 'in fide' (in faith) or 'per fidem' (through faith).
Inflection: Singular, Ablative or Dative, Feminine
Instances
Polycarp of Smyrna
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, FIDES.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- FIDEI — of faith, of trust, of loyalty, to faith, to trust, to loyalty
- FIDEM — faith, trust, loyalty, confidence, a faith, a trust, a loyalty, a confidence
- FIDES — faith, trust, belief, confidence, loyalty, fidelity, pledge, promise, a faith, a trust, a belief, a confidence, a loyalty, a fidelity, a pledge, a promise
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