diffidentiam
Dictionary entries
- Entry →diffidentia, diffidentiae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
distrust, mistrust; unbelief; want of faith (Ecc); suspicion; disobedience;
acc. sg.
Examples
Liber XI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...utique captandum est: videtur enim fateri memoriae diffidentiam et ad multos gestus est impedimento. CXLIII. Togam veteres..."BELLUM IUGURTHINUM
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...parte curabat —, consulto lenius agere ac diffidentiam rei simulare, pati Numidas sine tumultu regis proelium visere. Ita illis..."