Fiducia

Latin-English

fīdūcĭ|a, -ae. (fiˈdu.tʃi.a) fem.

1. Trust, assurance.
2. A deposit or pledge.

[fido.]

Loci

• αʹ Curtius, Historia Alexandri Magni 3.8:

terribilem antea regem et absentia sua ad vanam fiduciam elatum

the king, who had been dreadful before and in his absence puffed up to an empty confidence