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Latin
Etymology
Present participle of diffīdō.
Participle
diffīdēns (genitive diffīdentis, adverb diffīdenter); third-declension one-termination participle
- distrusting
- despairing (of)
Declension
Third-declension participle.
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.