fideliter Latin · revision 32437

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *bʰidʰ-eh₁-}}

+

+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [fɪˈdeː.lɪ.tɛr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [fiˈdɛː.li.ter]^(Wiktionary)

+

+ ==Forms==

+ '''fidēliter''' (comparative fidēlius, superlative fidēlissimē)^(Wiktionary)

+

+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|fidēlis|-ter|t1=faithful]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan explains [[m|la|fidēlis]] as derived from [[m|la|fidēs|t=trust, faith]], which he traces to [[ine-pro|*bʰidʰ-eh₁-|t=faith]], from the root of [[m|la|fīdō|t=to trust]], [[ine-pro|*bʰeidʰ-e/o-|t=to trust]].^(de Vaan 2008) He reports Hamp's comparison with [[grc|πειθώ|tr=peithṓ|t=persuasion]].^(de Vaan 2008)

+

+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Plautus has it first: in the ''Captivi'' a man is urged to act faithfully towards another.^(OLD 2012)

+

+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means faithfully, loyally, and also conscientiously or in good faith, as when a character in Plautus asks whether he may dare to speak frankly.^(OLD 2012) Cicero uses the comparative of letters that will reach their addressee more reliably, which leads to the sense of accurately or with certainty.^(OLD 2012) Celsus uses it of a broken bone that is held less firmly.^(OLD 2012)

+

+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of faithful service and of frank speech.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of letters delivered reliably.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 14–37 AD – Celsus of a bone held firmly.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+

+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # [[m|en|faithfully|alt=Faithfully]], constantly, [[m|en|loyally]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Conscientiously, honestly, in good faith.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Reliably, with certainty; accurately.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Securely, firmly.^(OLD 2012)

+

+ ==Related words==

+ * [[fidelis|alt=fidēlis]]

+ * [[fides|alt=fidēs]]

+

+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}