confidens

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Latin

Etymology

Present participle of cōnfīdō.

Participle

cōnfīdēns (genitive cōnfīdentis, adverb cōnfīdenter); third-declension one-termination participle

  1. confiding (in)
  2. relying (on)

Declension

Third-declension participle.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative cōnfīdēns cōnfīdentēs cōnfīdentia
genitive cōnfīdentis cōnfīdentium
dative cōnfīdentī cōnfīdentibus
accusative cōnfīdentem cōnfīdēns cōnfīdentēs
cōnfīdentīs
cōnfīdentia
ablative cōnfīdente
cōnfīdentī1
cōnfīdentibus
vocative cōnfīdēns cōnfīdentēs cōnfīdentia

1When used purely as an adjective.

References

  • confidens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • confidens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • confidens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.