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