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.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	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.