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
- T
Persa
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...gratiis. SAG. Confidens. PAEG. Sum hercle vero. nam ego me confido liberum fore, tu te numquam speras..." - P
Phormio
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...quid fiat? est parasitu' quidam Phormio, homo confidens: qui illum di omnes perduint! {Da.} quid is fecit..." - P
Andria
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...audies. nescioquis senex modo venit, ellum, confidens catus: quom faciem videas, videtur esse quantivis preti: tristi' severitas inest..." - G
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..." - M
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..." - Q
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..."
