Definition of Fidibus

1. a paper spill for lighting a pipe [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fidibus

fidgeted
fidgeter
fidgeters
fidgetier
fidgetiest
fidgetily
fidgetiness
fidgetinesses
fidgeting
fidgetingly
fidgetings
fidgets
fidgety
fidging
fidia
fidibus (current term)
fidibuses
fidicinal
fiding
fidlam ben
fidlam bens
fido
fidos
fids
fiducial
fiducially
fiducials
fiduciaries
fiduciary
fiduciary duty

Literary usage of Fidibus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Tusculanarum disputationum ad M. Brutum libri quinque by Marcus Tullius Cicero (1884)
"... cantibus: igitur et Epaminondas, princeps meo iudicio Graeciae, fidibus praeclare ... fidibus ..."

2. An Elementary Latin Dictionary by Charlton Thomas Lewis, Hugh Macmaster Kingery (1918)
"... lyre, lute, cithern : voces, nt nervi in fidibus, ita sonant, ut, etc. ... V. : fidibus canere prae- clare : fidibus Placare ..."

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