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“distrust” in Latin
diffīdōto distrust, be diffident, be distrustful (coupled with dative of the thing or person subjected); to despair (of)occāsiōoccasion, opportunity; kairos, the right time, the favorable moment, the opportune momentfātusspoken, said, told, foretold, related, predicted; having or had spoken, etc.fīdōto trust, put confidence in; to rely uponsuspiciōto look up at or to; to admire, respect, regard, esteem, honor; to look askance
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
distrust v.
diffidere, perfect, diffisus sum (not to feel confidence in; to have one’s doubts about; opposed to confidere; mostly with dative, but ablative voluntate, Caes., B. C. . 1, 12, 2, is the reading of several good MSS.; so Suet., occasione; Tac., paucitate cohortium. ☞ It has not the meaning of “not to believe”): non credere: fidem non habere (not to believe): to somewhat distrust, subdiffidere (Cic.): to distrust anybody, diffidere alicui or alicujus fidei: de fide alicujus dubitare (to doubt anybody’s sincerity): alicui fidem non habere (to have no faith in anybody): to distrust anybody altogether, summe diffidere alicui: I distrust myself, mihi ipse diffido. Distrusting himself, sibi ipse diffisus.
distrust s.
diffidentia; in anything, alicujus rei (it only denotes the want of faith or confidence in the capability, sufficiency, or sincerity of anybody or of anything.) In Cic. [Tusc., 4, 37, 80, and De Invent., 2, 54, 163], and even so late as Justin [1, 8, 10], it is only used for want of confidence in one’s own person and fate, in contradistinction to fidentia, i. e., self-confidence): fides parva (little faith or confidence): suspicio (suspicion). To entertain distrust, diffidere; some distrust, subdiffidere: to feel distrust of anybody, diffidere alicui or alicujus fidei; de fide alicujus dubitare (to doubt anybody’s sincerity); alicui fidem non habere (to place no faith or belief in anybody): to feel great distrust of anybody, summe diffidere alicui: I feel distrust of myself, mihi ipse diffido: with distrust, diffidenter (especially in one’s self or anything relating to one’s self; e.g., one’s good fortune, etc.): from distrust, diffidentia: whatever causes or excites distrust or suspicion, suspiciosus.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for distrust?
- The usual Latin words for “distrust” are diffīdō, occāsiō, fātus; also fīdō, suspiciō. 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.