confido

See also: confidò

Italian

Verb

confido

1. first-person singular present indicative of confidare

Anagrams

• cofondi

Latin

Etymology

From con- (“with, together”) +‎ fīdō (“trust; rely upon”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /konˈfiː.doː/, [kõːˈfiːd̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /konˈfi.do/, [koɱˈfiːd̪o]

Verb

cōnfīdō (present infinitive cōnfīdere, perfect active cōnfīsus sum); third conjugation, semi-deponent

1. (intransitive) (+ Dative of the person and e + ablative of the thing or in/de + ablative) to be confident or assured of, confide in, believe, trust, place or put confidence in; rely upon

   Synonyms: fīdō, credō

   Antonyms: diffīdō, suspiciō

   causae suae confidere ― to have confidence in its cause

Usage notes

Used with the dative.

Conjugation

   Conjugation of cōnfīdō (third conjugation, semi-deponent)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	cōnfīdō		cōnfīdis		cōnfīdit		cōnfīdimus		cōnfīditis		cōnfīdunt
	imperfect	cōnfīdēbam		cōnfīdēbās		cōnfīdēbat		cōnfīdēbāmus		cōnfīdēbātis		cōnfīdēbant
	future	cōnfīdam		cōnfīdēs		cōnfīdet		cōnfīdēmus		cōnfīdētis		cōnfīdent
	perfect	cōnfīsus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	cōnfīsus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	cōnfīsus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	cōnfīdam		cōnfīdās		cōnfīdat		cōnfīdāmus		cōnfīdātis		cōnfīdant
	imperfect	cōnfīderem		cōnfīderēs		cōnfīderet		cōnfīderēmus		cōnfīderētis		cōnfīderent
	perfect	cōnfīsus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	cōnfīsus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		cōnfīde		—		—		cōnfīdite		—
	future	—		cōnfīditō		cōnfīditō		—		cōnfīditōte		cōnfīduntō
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		cōnfīdere			—			cōnfīdēns			—
future		cōnfīsūrum esse			—			cōnfīsūrus			cōnfīdendus, cōnfīdundus
perfect		cōnfīsum esse			—			cōnfīsus			—
future perfect		cōnfīsum fore			—			—			—
perfect potential		cōnfīsūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		cōnfīdendī		cōnfīdendō		cōnfīdendum		cōnfīdendō		cōnfīsum		cōnfīsū

Derived terms

• cōnfīdēns
• cōnfīdenter

Descendants

• Catalan: confiar
• English: confide
• French: confier
• Italian: confidare
• Old Galician-Portuguese: confiar
  • Galician: confiar
  • Portuguese: confiar
• Romanian: confia
• Sicilian: cunfidari
• Spanish: confiar

References

• confido in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2025), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
• “confido”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “confido”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• confido in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to put confidence in some one: confidere alicui (but aliqua re)