Fido, fidis. Fiducia, Fiduciarius, Fidus, Vide FIDES, fidei.
Findo, findis, fidi, fissum, findere. To cut: to cleaue: to diuide.Findere & diuidere.Cic. Æra findit. Ouid.Sirins sindit agros. Tibul. Finditur cor meum. Plau. My heart is pierced, or it greueth me verie sore.Finditur illic Euphrates. Plin. Is diuided.Freta findere classe. Propert. Mare findo carina. Propert. Rura finduntur vomere. Claud. The sieldes are tilled.Via se findit in ambas partes.Virg.Is dinided.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
fīdo, fīsus sum (ante-class. form of the fut. fidebo, Nov. ap. Non. 509, 4), 3, v. n. [root in Sanscr. bandh, unite; Gr. pei/qw, persuade, pei=sma, cable; Lat. fidus, Deus Fidius, foedus; cf.: fascis, fascia; Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 262; but Fick refers fido to root bhidh; Goth. beidan; Engl. bide, to expect; Vergl. Wört. p. 380], to trust, confide, put confidence in, rely upon a person or thing (rare; in the verb. finit. mostly poet.; but class. in the part. praes. and P. a.). (a). With dat.: fidere nocti, Verg. A. 9, 378: fugae fidens, id. ib. 11, 351: pestilentiae fidens (with societate fretus), Liv. 8, 22, 7: taedae non bene fisa, Ov. M. 15, 827: qui sibi fidit, Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 22; id. S. 2, 2, 108: puer bene sibi fidens, Cic. Att. 6, 6, 4.—(b). With abl.: hac (Cynosurā) fidunt duce nocturnā Phoenices in alto, Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 41, 106; id. Ac. 2, 20, 66: arcu fisi Getae, Ov. P. 4, 9, 78: cursu, id. M. 7, 545: ope equinā, id. ib. 9, 125: pecuniā, Nep. Lys. 3 fin.: prudentiā consilioque fidens, Cic. Off. 1, 23, 81.—Doubtful, whether dat. or abl. (v. Zumpt, Gr. 413; cf. confido): nec nitido fidit adultero, Hor. C. 3, 24, 20: pictis puppibus, id. ib. 1, 14, 15: (Jugurtham) Mario parum fidere, Sall. J. 112, 2: ingenio, Quint. 10, 7, 18; cf.: ingenio suo, Plin. Ep. 4, 13 fin.: suis rebus, Cic. Att. 10, 8, 2.—(g). With inf.: fidis enim manare poëtica mella Te solum, Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 44; Sil. 1, 432: parum fidens pedibus contingere matrem, Luc. 4, 615: fisus cuncta sibi cessura pericula, Caesar, id. 5, 577.—(d).Absol.: ubi fidentem fraudaveris, i. e. who trusts (you), Plaut. As. 3, 2, 15.—Hence, fīdens, entis, P.a. (lit., trusting to one's self, self-confident; hence), confident, courageous, bold: qui fortis est, idem est fidens, qui autem est fidens, is profecto non extimescit: discrepat enim a timendo confidere, Cic. Tusc. 3, 7, 14: fidenti animo gradietur ad mortem, id. ib. 1, 46, 110; cf.: tum Calchas haec est fidenti voce locutus, id. poët. Div. 2, 30, 64: fidens animi, Verg. A. 2, 61; Tac. A. 4, 59 fin.; so, fidens armorum, Luc. 9, 373.—Comp.: Romanus, fidentior, Amm. 16, 12 al.—Sup.: fidentissimo impetu acies motae, Amm. 27, 10, 12.— Adv.: fīdenter, confidently, fearlessly, boldly: timide fortasse signifer evellebat, quod fidenter infixerat, Cic. Div. 2, 31, 67: agere, id. Ac. 2, 8, 24: confirmare, id. de Or. 1, 56, 240; cf. id. N. D. 1, 8, 18.—Comp.: paulo vellem fidentius te illi respondisse, Cic. Att. 6, 1, 21.—Sup.: accedere fidentissime, Amm. 17, 1, 9; August. Ver. Rel. 3.
findo, fĭdi, fissum, 3, v. a. [root Sanscr. bhid-, to cleave; Germ. beissen; Engl. bite], to cleave, split, part, separate, divide (class.; cf.: scindo, seco, caedo). I.Lit.: hoc enim quasi rostro finditur Fibrenus et divisus aequaliter in duas partes latera haec alluit, Cic. Leg. 2, 3, 6; cf.: inimicam findite rostris Hanc terram, Verg. A. 10, 295: patrios findere sarculo agros, Hor. C. 1, 1, 11: terras vomere, Ov. A. A. 2, 671: mare carinā, Prop. 3, 9 (4, 8), 35: Assaraci tellus, quam ... Findunt Scamandri flumina, Hor. Epod. 13, 14: hiulca siti findit Canis aestifer arva, Verg. G. 2, 353; cf.: arentes cum findit Sirius agros, Tib. 1, 7, 21: rubra Canicula findet Statuas, Hor. S. 2, 5, 39: os, Cels. 8, 4 med.; cf. id. 8, 3 fin.: specularis lapis finditur in quamlibet tenues crustas, Plin. 36, 22, 45, 160; cf. Quint. 11, 3, 21: hic locus est, partes ubi se via findit in ambas, Verg. A. 6, 540; id. G. 2, 78; Ov. M. 4, 65.— b. In part. perf.: fissa ferarum ungula, Lucr. 4, 680: ungulae equi, Suet. Caes. 61: lingua in partes duas, Ov. M. 4, 585: lignum, Verg. A. 9, 413: ferulae, Cels. 8, 10; cf. id. 8, 3 fin.—B. Mid., to split, burst (poet. and very rare): turgescit bilis: findor,
I am ready to burst with rage
, Pers. 3, 8: cor meum et cerebrum finditur, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 4, 17: Marsis finduntur cantibus angues, Ov. Med. fac. 39.—II.Trop., to divide (poet. and very seldom): Idus sunt agendae, Qui dies mensem Veneris marinae Findit Aprilem, Hor. C. 4, 11, 16: fissa voluntas, Prud. Psych. 760.—Hence, fissum, i, n., a cleft, slit, fissure.A. In gen. (very rare): postquam implevisti fusti fissorum caput, Plaut. Aul. 3, 4, 7: ad ani fissa, Cels. 5, 20, 5.—B. Esp., in the lang. of augurs, of the divided liver: jecorum, Cic. Div. 1, 52, 118; cf.: fissum in exitis, id. ib. 1, 10, 16; jecoris, id. N. D. 3, 6, 14: familiare et vitale, id. Div. 2, 13, 32.