noun · femininefirst declension
diffīdentia
diffīdentia f (genitive diffīdentiae)
Meaning
- distrust, mistrust
- diffidence
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | diffīdentia | diffīdentiae |
| genitive | diffīdentiae | diffīdentiārum |
| dative | diffīdentiae | diffīdentiīs |
| accusative | diffīdentiam | diffīdentiās |
| ablative | diffīdentiā | diffīdentiīs |
| vocative | diffīdentia | diffīdentiae |
diffīdentĭa, ae, f. diffido,
I. want of confidence, mistrust, distrust, diffidence (class.).—Without gen.:
fidentiae contrarium est diffidentia, Cic. Inv. 2, 54, 165; cf. id. Tusc. 4, 37, 80; so Quint. 5, 7, 1; 8 prooem. § 27; 9, 2, 72; Ov. R. Am. 543 al.— With gen.: diffidentiam rei simulare, Sall. J. 60, 5: memoriae, Quint. 11, 3, 142: causae, Plin. Ep. 5, 1, 7: praesentium, Tac. H. 1, 72: copiarum, Suet. Oth. 9 al.—With a dependent clause (cf. diffido, no. β: non tam diffidentiā, futurum quae imperavisset, quam, etc., Sall. J. 100, 4.—II. Want of faith, disobedience (eccl. Lat.):
ira Dei in filios diffidentiae, Vulg. Ephes. 5, 6.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
diffīdentia ae, f
diffidens, mistrust, distrust, diffidence : fidentiae contrarium est: rei, S.: non tam diffidentiā, futura quae imperavisset, quam, etc., S.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin diffīdentia From diffīdēns + -ia.
Descendants
- Englishdiffidence
- Frenchdéfiance
- GermanDiffidenz
- Italiandiffidenza
- Romaniandifidență