faithful Copy link Outline 1. fĭdēlis, e2. fīdus (trusty, on which dependence may be placed • faithful: 1. fĭdēlis, e: good and f. allies, boni f.que socii, Liv.: he judged Deiotarus f. to the Roman people, D. fidelem populo R. judicavit, Cic.: I was of a f. and kind disposition towards her, f. animo atque benigno in illam fui, Ter.: a most f. wife, fidelissima conjux, Cic.: f. friendships, f. amicitiae, Cic.: f. advice, f. consilium, Cic.: f. eyes, oculi f., Hor. Very f., perfĭdēlis, Cic. 2. fīdus (trusty, on which dependence may be placed: only of persons): a most f. and excellent wife, fidissima atque optima uxor, Cic.: f. clients, f. clientes, Sall. Phr.: a f. copy, exemplum summa cura et diligentia exscriptum, Cic.
FAITHFUL Copy link • FAITHFULfidus: fidelis (fidus denoting a natural quality, with relative praise; fidelis, a moral virtue with absolute praise; Döderlein): certus (sure; on whom one can rely; trustworthy): verus (true): a faithful friend, amicus certus, firmus, constans, firmus et constans, fidus, fidelis, or fidelis et firmus: a faithful historian, scriptor, qui ad historiae fidem narrat: a faithful slave, servus fidelis (domino); servus fideli in dominum animo: a faithful likeness, pictura ad rei similitudinem picta; pictura veritati similis: a faithful copy, exemplum accurate descriptum (of a writing): imitatio ad similitudinem rei effecta: faithful subjects, cives, qui in officio permanent: to remain faithful to anybody, fidum manere alicui; fidem servare or tenere (general terms); in fide or in officio alicujus manere or permanere (especially of subjects or other dependents). The faithful (in ecclesiastical sense), veram Christi doctrinam sequentes: christianae legis studiosi (Ammianus, 25, 10, 15).