Italian

Noun

fiducia f ‎(plural fiducie)

1. trust, faith
2. confidence
3. credit

Related terms

• fidare
• fido
• fiduciario
• fiducioso

Latin

Etymology

From fīdō ‎(“to trust; to rely upon”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /fiːˈduː.ki.a/

Noun

fīdūcia f ‎(genitive fīdūciae); first declension

1. trust, confidence, assurance, reliance
2. boldness, courage
3. (law) deposit, pledge, mortgage

Inflection

First declension.

Related terms

Descendants

• Italian: fiducia
• Old Portuguese: feuza

References

• fiducia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• fiducia in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• FIDUCIA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “fiducia”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to put confidence in some one: fiduciam in aliquo ponere, collocare
    
  • to have great confidence in a thing: fiduciam (alicuius rei) habere
    
  • self-confidence: fiducia sui (Liv. 25. 37)
    
• fiducia in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• fiducia in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin