fidens

== Latin == === Etymology === Present participle of fīdō. === Participle === fīdēns (genitive fīdentis, adverb fīdenter); third-declension one-termination participle trusting relying on ==== Declension ==== Third-declension participle. 1When used purely as an adjective. ==== Descendants ==== Italian: fidente === References === “fidens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “fidens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “fidens”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.