diffido

See also: diffidò

Italian

Verb

diffido

1. first-person singular present indicative of diffidare

Latin

Etymology

From dis- +‎ fīdō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /difˈfiː.doː/, [d̪ɪfˈfiːd̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /difˈfi.do/, [d̪ifˈfiːd̪o]

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)

   Synonym: 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		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		diffīdere	diffīsum esse	diffīsūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		diffīdēns	diffīsus	diffīsūrus	—	—	—
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^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016