diffido

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See also: diffidò

Italian

Verb

diffido

  1. first-person singular present indicative of diffidare

Latin

Etymology

From dis- +‎ fīdō.

Pronunciation

Verb

diffīdō (present infinitive diffīdere, perfect active diffīsus sum); third conjugation, semi-deponent

  1. to distrust, be diffident, be distrustful (coupled with dative of the thing or person subjected)
    Synonyms: suspicor, suspiciō
    Antonyms: fīdō, cōnfīdō, crēdō
  2. to despair (of)

Usage notes

Used with the dative.

Conjugation

   Conjugation of diffīdō (third conjugation, semi-deponent)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present diffīdō diffīdis diffīdit diffīdimus diffīditis diffīdunt
imperfect diffīdēbam diffīdēbās diffīdēbat diffīdēbāmus diffīdēbātis diffīdēbant
future diffīdam diffīdēs diffīdet diffīdēmus diffīdētis diffīdent
perfect diffīsus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect diffīsus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect diffīsus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present diffīdam diffīdās diffīdat diffīdāmus diffīdātis diffīdant
imperfect diffīderem diffīderēs diffīderet diffīderēmus diffīderētis diffīderent
perfect diffīsus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect diffīsus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — diffīde — — diffīdite —
future — diffīditō diffīditō — diffīditōte diffīduntō
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present diffīdere — diffīdēns —
future diffīsūrum esse — diffīsūrus diffīdendus,
diffīdundus
perfect diffīsum esse — diffīsus —
future perfect diffīsum fore — — —
perfect potential diffīsūrum fuisse — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
diffīdendī diffīdendō diffīdendum diffīdendō diffīsum diffīsū

References

  • “diffido”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “diffido”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • diffido in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • diffido in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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