fiducia

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fīdūcia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fiˈdu.t͡ʃa/
  • Rhymes: -utʃa
  • Hyphenation: fi‧dù‧cia

Noun

fiducia f (plural fiducie)

  1. trust, faith
  2. confidence
  3. credit

Derived terms

Further reading

  • fiducia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Etymology

From fīdō (to trust; to rely upon). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /fiːˈduː.ki.a/, [fiːˈd̪uːkiä]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /fiˈdu.t͡ʃi.a/, [fiˈd̪uːt͡ʃiä]

Noun

fīdūcia f (genitive fīdūciae); first declension

  1. trust, confidence, assurance, reliance
    Synonym: fidēs
  2. boldness, courage
    Synonyms: spīritus, fortitūdō, virtūs, animus
  3. (law) deposit, pledge, mortgage
    Synonyms: vōtum, pignus

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative fīdūcia fīdūciae
Genitive fīdūciae fīdūciārum
Dative fīdūciae fīdūciīs
Accusative fīdūciam fīdūciās
Ablative fīdūciā fīdūciīs
Vocative fīdūcia fīdūciae

Descendants

  • North Italian:
    • Old Lombard: fiuxia
    • Old Northern Italian: fedusia
    • Piedmontese: fiusa
  • Italo-Romance:
    • Tuscan:
      Lucca: feducia
      Viareggio: feduce
  • Ibero-Romance:
    • Old Galician-Portuguese: feuza
    • Old Spanish: feduza, feuza, fiuza, fiuzia, fuyzia, fuzia
      • Spanish: hucia (obsolete)
  • Borrowings:

References

Further reading

  • 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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • fiducia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (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

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fiducia.

Noun

fiducia f (plural fiducias)

  1. (financial) trust

Further reading

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