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
- M
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..." - G
BELLUM IUGURTHINUM
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...parte curabat —, consulto lenius agere ac diffidentiam rei simulare, pati Numidas sine tumultu regis proelium visere. Ita illis..."