diffidens

Latin

Etymology

Present participle of diffīdō.

Participle

diffīdēns (genitive diffīdentis, adverb diffīdenter); third-declension one-termination participle

  1. distrusting
  2. despairing (of)

Declension

Third-declension participle.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative diffīdēns diffīdentēs diffīdentia
genitive diffīdentis diffīdentium
dative diffīdentī diffīdentibus
accusative diffīdentem diffīdēns diffīdentēs
diffīdentīs 		diffīdentia
ablative diffīdente
diffīdentī1 		diffīdentibus
vocative diffīdēns diffīdentēs diffīdentia

1When used purely as an adjective.

Derived terms

References

  • “diffidens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • diffidens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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