confido

See also: confidò

Italian

Verb

confido

1. first-person singular present indicative of confidare

Anagrams

• cofondi

Latin

Etymology

From con- (“with, together”) +‎ fīdō (“trust; rely upon”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /konˈfiː.doː/, [kõːˈfiːd̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /konˈfi.do/, [koɱˈfiːd̪o]

Verb

cōnfīdō (present infinitive cōnfīdere, perfect active cōnfīsus sum); third conjugation, semi-deponent

1. (intransitive) (+ Dative of the person and e + ablative of the thing or in/de + ablative) to be confident or assured of, confide in, believe, trust, place or put confidence in; rely upon

   Synonyms: fīdō, credō

   Antonyms: diffīdō, suspiciō

   causae suae confidere ― to have confidence in its cause

Usage notes

Used with the dative.

Conjugation

Conjugation of cōnfīdō (third conjugation, semi-deponent)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	cōnfīdō	cōnfīdis	cōnfīdit	cōnfīdimus	cōnfīditis	cōnfīdunt
	imperfect	cōnfīdēbam	cōnfīdēbās	cōnfīdēbat	cōnfīdēbāmus	cōnfīdēbātis	cōnfīdēbant
	future	cōnfīdam	cōnfīdēs	cōnfīdet	cōnfīdēmus	cōnfīdētis	cōnfīdent
	perfect	cōnfīsus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	cōnfīsus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	cōnfīsus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	cōnfīdam	cōnfīdās	cōnfīdat	cōnfīdāmus	cōnfīdātis	cōnfīdant
	imperfect	cōnfīderem	cōnfīderēs	cōnfīderet	cōnfīderēmus	cōnfīderētis	cōnfīderent
	perfect	cōnfīsus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	cōnfīsus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	cōnfīde	—	—	cōnfīdite	—
	future	—	cōnfīditō	cōnfīditō	—	cōnfīditōte	cōnfīduntō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		cōnfīdere	cōnfīsum esse	cōnfīsūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		cōnfīdēns	cōnfīsus	cōnfīsūrus	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		cōnfīdendī	cōnfīdendō	cōnfīdendum	cōnfīdendō	cōnfīsum	cōnfīsū

Derived terms

• cōnfīdēns
• cōnfīdenter

Descendants

• English: confide
• French: confier
• Italian: confidare
• Portuguese: confiar
• Romanian: confia
• Sicilian: cunfidari
• Spanish: confiar

References

• confido in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2024), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
• “confido”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “confido”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• confido in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to put confidence in some one: confidere alicui (but aliqua re)