trust (v.) Copy link Outline I. To place confidence in1. fīdo, confīdo, fīsus, 3 (with dat. of person, dat. or abl. of thing, in which trust is placed)2. crēdo, dĭdi, dĭtum, 3 (esp. with ref. to words spoken; whereas fido refers rather to persons or acts)II. To entrust • trust (v.): I. To place confidence in: 1. fīdo, confīdo, fīsus, 3 (with dat. of person, dat. or abl. of thing, in which trust is placed): to t. in oneself, sibi f., Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 22: Cic.: (Caesar) t.'d this legion most of all, huic legioni confidebat maxime, Caes. B. G. 1, 40: to t. in the stability of fortune, stabilitate fortunae c., Cic. Tusc. 5, 14. The abl. may also be used of a person when there is an attributive: e. g. alio? duce c., Liv. 21, 4, med. (see the place): Ov. 2. crēdo, dĭdi, dĭtum, 3 (esp. with ref. to words spoken; whereas fido refers rather to persons or acts): also, credo, when it signifies to put trust in, denotes less than fido does; often referring only to one particular act or kind of trust: (cf. Liv. 2, 45, consules magis non confidere quam non credere suis militibus, i. e. they did not distrust their fidelity, but they had not thorough confidence in them): t. not the horse! equo ne credite! Virg. Aen. 2, 48: Cic. (Concredo always trans.: v. infr.) Phr.: t.ing to, frētus (with abl.): v. relying on. II. To entrust: crēdo, concrēdo; committo, commendo: v. to confide.