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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1894 Excerpt:...have great confidence in a thing. fiducia sui (Liv. 25. 37)--self-confidence. committere aliquid alicui or alicuius fidei--to entrust a thing to a person's good faith. Mum se committere, tradere alicui--to put oneself entirely in some one's hands. fidem colere, servare--to preserve one's loyalty. fidem praestare alicui--to keep faith with a person, keep one's word. in fide manere (B. G. 7. 4. 5)--to remain loyal. fidem laedere, violare, frangere--to break one's word. fidem alicuius labefactare (Cluent. 60. 194)--to make a person waver in his loyalty. de fide deducere or a fide abducere aliquem--to undermine a person's loyalty. fide data et accepta (Sall. lug. 81. 1)--having exchanged pledges, promises. se conferre, se tradere, se permittere in alicuius fidem--to put oneself under some one's protection. confugere ad aliquem, ad fidem alicuius--to flee for refuge to some one. in fidem recipere aliquem (B. G. 2. 15. 1)--to take a person under one's protection. fidem alicuius obsecrare, implorare--to implore some's one protection. to fulfil a promise. fidem addere alicui rei--to confirm, ratify, sanction something. fidem publicam dare, interponere (Sall. lug. 32. 1)--to guarantee the protection of the state; to promise a safe-conduct. fidem dare alicui (opp. accipere) (c. Acc. c. Inf.)--to give one's word that... fidem servare (opp. fallere)--to keep one's word (not tenere). fidem persolvere fidem (promissum) praestare fidem interponere (Sall. lug. 32. 5)--to pledge one's word to... fidem prodere 1.,-., J-to break one s word. fidem frangerex promisso stare--to abide by one's undertaking. fide obstrictum teneri (Pis. 13. 29)--to be bound by one's word; to be on one's honour. fidem facere, afferre alicui rei (opp. demere, de-, abrogare fidem)--to make a thing cre...