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fĭdes , ium, plur., or fides, is, sing., f. = σφίδη,
I.a stringed instrument, lyre, lute, cithern.
I. Lit.
A. In gen.
(α). In plur. (only so in classic prose): Fides genus citharae, Paul. ex Fest. p. 89, 16 Müll.: “(hominis) omnis vultus omnesque voces, ut nervi in fidibus, ita sonant, ut a motu animi quoque sunt pulsae,Cic. de Or. 3, 57, 216; “so different from nervi,id. Div. 2, 14, 33; id. Leg. 2, 15, 39; id. Brut. 54, 199; id. Fin. 4, 27, 75 (v. Madv. ad h. l., p. 601 sq.): “ut in fidibus aut tibiis, atque in cantu ipso ac vocibus concentus est quidam tenendus ex distinctis sonis, etc.,id. Rep. 2, 42; id. Fin. 4, 27, 75; cf. id. de Or. 3, 51, 197: Fi. Fides non reddis? Pe. Neque fides neque tibias, Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 77; “with tibiae,Quint. 1, 10, 14; 20; 11, 3, 59: “Orpheus, Threïciā fretus citharā fidibusque canoris,Verg. A. 6, 120: “fidibus cantare alicui,Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 64: “fidibus canere praeclare,Cic. Tusc. 1, 2, 4; id. Div. 2, 59, 122: “uti,id. Tusc. 5, 39, 113: “dicere longum melos,Hor. C. 3, 4, 4: “placare deos,id. ib. 1, 36, 1: “discere,Cic. de Sen. 8, 26: “docere aliquem,id. Fam. 9, 22, 3: “scire,Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 53: “vivunt commissi calores Aeoliae fidibus puellae,Hor. C. 4, 9, 12: “fidibusne Latinis Thebanos aptare modos studet,” i. e. to imitate Pindaric odes in Latin poetry, id. Ep. 1, 3, 12.—
2. Prov.: vetus adagium est: Nihil cum fidibus graculo, i. e. ignoramuses have nothing to do with poetry, Gell. N. A. praef. § 19.—
B. Esp., Fides, is, f., a constellation, i. q. Lyra, the Lyre: “cedit clara Fides Cyllenia,Cic. Arat. 381; Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 12; “in the form Fidis,Col. 11, 2, 14; 40; Sid. Carm. 16, 5.—*
II. Transf., in sing., i. q. nervus, chorda, a string of a musical instrument: “quae tuba quaeve lyra Flatibus incluta vel fidibus,Prud. Cath. 3, 81.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (16):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 9.22.3
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 6.120
    • Plautus, Epidicus, 3.4
    • Cicero, On Oratory, 3.51
    • Cicero, On Oratory, 3.57
    • Cicero, De Legibus, 2.15
    • Cicero, De Republica, 2.42
    • Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum, 4.27
    • Cicero, De Divinatione, 2.14
    • Cicero, De Divinatione, 2.59
    • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 1.2
    • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 5.39
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 1, 10.14
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 1, 10.20
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 11, 3.59
    • Cicero, Brutus, 54.199
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