diffido

See also: diffidò

Italian

Verb

diffido

1. first-person singular present indicative of diffidare

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁

Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is-

Proto-Italic *dis-

Latin dis-

Proto-Indo-European *bʰeydʰ-

Proto-Indo-European *bʰéydʰeti

Proto-Italic *feiðō

Latin fīdō

Latin diffīdō

From dis- + fīdō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [dɪfˈfiː.doː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [difˈfiː.do]

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)
   • 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab urbe condita I.2:

     inde Turnus Rutulique diffisi rebus

     Then Turnus and the Rutulians, being despaired at the situation

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 (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016