confidens
Dictionary entries
- Entry →confideo, confidere, confisus sum:
Verb · 2nd conjugation · Semideponent
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Whitaker
- Age:
- Later
rely on, trust (to); believe, be confident/assured/sure; (Vulgate 4 Ezra 7:98);
acc. sg. pres. act. part.nom. sg. pres. act. part.voc. sg. pres. act. part. - Entry →confidens, (gen.), confidentis:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
assured/confident; bold/daring/undaunted; overconfident, presumptuous; trusting;
acc. sg. (n.)nom. sg. (all)voc. sg. (all) - Entry →confido, confidere, confisus sum:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Semideponent
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
have confidence in, rely on, trust (to); believe, be confident/assured; be sure;
acc. sg. pres. act. part.nom. sg. pres. act. part.voc. sg. pres. act. part.
Examples
Persa
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...gratiis. SAG. Confidens. PAEG. Sum hercle vero. nam ego me confido liberum fore, tu te numquam speras..."Phormio
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...quid fiat? est parasitu' quidam Phormio, homo confidens: qui illum di omnes perduint! {Da.} quid is fecit..."Andria
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...audies. nescioquis senex modo venit, ellum, confidens catus: quom faciem videas, videtur esse quantivis preti: tristi' severitas inest..."Domitianus
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...circumsectus esset. Ab iuventa minime civilis animi, confidens etiam, et cum verbis tum rebus immodicum, Caenidi patris concubinae..."Liber VI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...Clodium Phormionem: "nec minus niger" inquit "nec minus confidens quam est ille Terentianus Phormio". LVII. Acriora igitur sunt..."Sermones I
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...durus homo atque odio qui posset vincere Regem, confidens, tumidus, adeo sermonis amari, Sisennas, Barros ut equis praecurreret..."
