diffidens
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Present participle of diffīdō.
Participle
[edit]diffīdēns (genitive diffīdentis, adverb diffīdenter); third-declension one-termination participle
- distrusting
- despairing (of)
Declension
[edit]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
[edit]References
[edit]- “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.