diffidenti
Dictionary entries
- Entry →diffido, diffidere, diffisus sum:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Semideponent
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
distrust; despair; (w/DAT) lack confidence (in), despair (of); expect not;
abl. sg. pres. act. part.dat. sg. pres. act. part. - Entry →diffidens, diffidentis (gen.), diffidentior -or -us, diffidentissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
distrustful; lacking in confidence; without self-confidence (L+S); anxious;
abl. sg. (all)dat. sg. (all)
Examples
Liber VI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...odiosius recta illa repetitione velut memoriae iudicum diffidentis. III. sunt autem innumerabiles, optimeque in Verrem Cicero: "si pater..."BELLUM IUGURTHINUM
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...Iugurtham proficiscitur eique timido et ex conscientia diffidenti rebus suis persuadet, quoniam se populo Romano dedisset..."
