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

• diffīdentia

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.