verbthird conjugation, semi-deponent
diffīdō
diffīdō (present infinitive diffīdere, perfect active diffīsus sum)
Classical[dɪfˈfiː.doː]Ecclesiastical[difˈfiː.do]
Meaning
- to distrust, be diffident, be distrustful (coupled with dative of the thing or person subjected)
- to despair (of)
inde Turnus Rutulique diffisi rebus
Then Turnus and the Rutulians, being despaired at the situation27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab urbe condita I.2
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
Conjugation conjugation 3 deponent
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | diffīdō | diffīdēbam | diffīdam | — | — | — |
| 2nd sg. | diffīdis | diffīdēbās | diffīdēs | — | — | — |
| 3rd sg. | diffīdit | diffīdēbat | diffīdet | — | — | — |
| 1st pl. | diffīdimus | diffīdēbāmus | diffīdēmus | — | — | — |
| 2nd pl. | diffīditis | diffīdēbātis | diffīdētis | — | — | — |
| 3rd pl. | diffīdunt | diffīdēbant | diffīdent | — | — | — |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | diffīdam | diffīderem | — | — |
| 2nd sg. | diffīdās | diffīderēs | — | — |
| 3rd sg. | diffīdat | diffīderet | — | — |
| 1st pl. | diffīdāmus | diffīderēmus | — | — |
| 2nd pl. | diffīdātis | diffīderētis | — | — |
| 3rd pl. | diffīdant | diffīderent | — | — |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | diffīde | — |
| pres. 2nd pl. | diffīdite | — |
| fut. 2nd sg. | diffīditō | — |
| fut. 3rd sg. | diffīditō | — |
| fut. 2nd pl. | diffīditōte | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | diffīduntō | — |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | diffīdere | — |
| perfect infinitive | diffīsum esse | — |
| future infinitive | diffīsūrum esse | — |
| present participle | diffīdēns | — |
| perfect participle | diffīsus | — |
| future participle | diffīsūrus | diffīdendus diffīdundus |
gerunddiffīdendī, diffīdendō, diffīdendumsupinediffīsum, diffīsū
Lewis & Short A Latin Dictionary, 1879
dif-fīdo, fīsus (post-class.
I. perf. diffidi), 3, v. n., to distrust; to be diffident or distrustful, to despair (freq. and class.).
(a). With dat. (so most freq.):
eum potius (corrupisse), qui sibi aliqua ratione diffideret, quam eum, qui omni ratione confideret, Cic. Clu. 23, 63: sibi, Plaut. Rud. prol. 82; Cic. Prov. Cons. 16, 38: memoriae alicujus, id. Part. Or. 17, 59: sibi patriaeque, Sall. C. 31, 3: suis rebus, Caes. B. G. 5, 41, 5: veteri exercitui, Sall. J. 52, 6; 32, 5; 46, 1; 75, 1: suae atque omnium saluti, Caes. B. G. 6, 38, 2: summae rei, id. B. C. 3, 94 fin.: perpetuitati bonorum, Cic. Fin. 2, 27, 86: ingenio meo, id. Mur. 30, 63: huic sententiae, id. Tusc. 5, 1, 3: prudentiae tuae, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 6: rei publicae, Cic. Fam. 5, 13, 3: illis (viris), Ov. H. 10, 97: caelestibus monitis, id. M. 1, 397 et saep.—Pass. impers.: cur M. Valerio non diffideretur, Liv. 24, 8; so Tac. A. 15, 4.—(b). With a dependent clause:
antiquissimi invenire se posse, quod cuperent, diffisi sint, Cic. Ac. 2, 3; id. Quint. 24, 77; id. Or. 1, 3; 28, 97; Caes. B. G. 6, 36; Quint. 10, 1, 126 al.; cf.: quos diffidas sanos facere, facies, Cato R. R. 157, 13: quem manu superare posse diffiderent, Nep. Alcib. 10, 4.—* (g). With ne:
ne terras aeterna teneret, Lucr. 5, 980.—(d). Rarely with abl. (after the analogy of fido and confido):
diffisus occasione, Suet. Caes. 3 Burm. and Oud.; so, paucitate suorum, Front. Strat. 1, 8, 5 Oud.: paucitate cohortium (al. paucitati), Tac. H. 2, 23: potestate, Lact. 5, 20 (also Caes. B. C. 1, 12, 2, several good MSS. have voluntate; and id. ib. 3, 97, 2: eo loco, v. Oud. on the former pass.).— (ε) Absol.: (facis) ex confidente actutum diffidentem denuo, Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 15: jacet, diffidit, abjecit hastas, Cic. Mur. 21, 45: ita graviter aeger, ut omnes medici diffiderent. id, Div. 1, 25, 53: de Othone, diffido, id. Att. 12, 43, 2 al.—Hence, diffīdens, entis, P. a., without self-confidence, diffident, anxious, Suet. Claud. 35; id. Tib. 65. —Adv.: diffīdenter, without self-confidence, diffidently (very rare): timide et diffidenter attingere aliquid, * Cic. Clu. 1, 1: agere, Liv. 32, 21, 8: incedere, Amm. 26, 7, 13.—Comp.: timidius ac diffidentius bella ingredi, Just. 38, 7, 4.Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
- Latindiffīdō
Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Proto-Indo-European *bʰeydʰ- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéydʰeti Proto-Italic *feiðō Latin fīdō Latin diffīdō From dis- + fīdō.