What is the Latin word for confide?

The usual Latin words for “confide” are fīdō, crēdō, tribuō; also adiungō, concrēdō, committō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

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“confide” in Latin

fīdōto trust, put confidence in; to rely upon crēdōto believe, to trust in, to give credence to; to confide in, have confidence in; to think, imagine, suppose, assume tribuōto grant, bestow, assign, attribute; to yield, give up, concede, allow; to divide, share, distribute adiungōto add, join, attach, append, annex or bind to (something); to apply to, direct to (mentally); to harness, yoke concrēdōto entrust, consign, commit; to confide committōto join together, unite, connect, put together; to practise or perpetrate wrong, do injustice; commit a crime; to begin permittōto let go, let loose; to cast, hurl, throw; send away, export; to give leave, give up, allow, suffer, grant, permit, sur mandōto order, command, enjoin; to put in hand; deliver over; to commit, consign dēmandōto entrust, commit

The English word confide itself goes back to Latin fīdō, through confīdō.

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

confide

fidere or confidere alicui or alicui rei or aliqua re (to place one’s confidence in anybody or anything): fretum esse aliquo or aliqua re (to trust in, depend upon): niti aliqua re (to rely upon): fiduciam habere alicujus rei (to have confidence in anything): credere: fidem habere or tribuere or adjungere (to put faith in; all four without distinction; Vid: Cic., de Divin: 2, 55, 113: 2, 59, 122): not to confide in anybody, alicui parum fidere; alicui fidem non habere; alicui parvam fidem habere: not to confide at all in anybody, alicui diffidere: Confiding in, fretus aliqua re; nixus aliqua re (trusting in anything, relying on it): ferox aliqua re (confiding presumptuously; e.g., ea, parte virium) :

To intrust, credere, concredere: commendare et concredere: committere: permittere (to leave to anybody): mandare: demandare (to give to anybody to keep, or in charge): deponere aliquid apud aliquem (to give anything to anybody in trust): to confide anything to the faith of anybody, fidei alicujus aliquid committere or permittere; tradere in alicujus fidem aliquid: to confide one’s plans to anybody, consilia sua alicui credere: one’s secrets, occulta sua alicui credere: one’s life, vitam suam alicui credere or committere: to confide one’s self to anybody’s protection, se permittere, committere, tradere in alicujus fidem: to confide every thing to anybody, summam fidem rerum omnium alicui habere: to confide several boys to the care of one master, unius magistri curae plures pueros demandare: to confide one’s honour to anybody, existimationem suam committere alicui: to confide in anybody’s secrecy, taciturnitati alicujus aliquid concredere: to confide an office, command, etc., to anybody, munus, imperium alicui dare or mandare: to confide a town to anybody (in order to defend it), *urbem alicui tuendam dare: a person to whom one confides all one’s secrets, secretorum omnium arbiter: a person to whom one may confide anything, or in whom one may entirely confide, homo certus or fidus: a person who confides too easily in others, incautior fidei sestimator.

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for confide?: The usual Latin words for “confide” are fīdō, crēdō, tribuō; also adiungō, concrēdō, committō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.