fidamen

Forms

fīdāmen n (genitive fīdāminis); third declension^[1]

Etymology

It is from Latin fīdō (“to trust”) + -men.^[1][2]

Earliest recorded meaning

The only passage the dictionaries cite is line 83 of the poem to a senator, Carmen ad senatorem: corrige delictum fidamine, “correct your fault with trust”.^[1] Lewis and Short list the poem under Tertullian;^[1] Köbler dates it to the 5th century.^[2]

Semantic evolution

Lewis and Short mark the word as post-classical; it means trust or confidence.^[1]

Timeline

• 5th century AD – The Carmen ad senatorem uses it of trust.^[2][1]

Meanings

Noun

1. Trust, confidence.^[1]

References

1. ^ a b c d e f g Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
2. ^ a b c Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de