diffidentia
Latin
Etymology
diffīdēns + -ia
Noun
diffīdentia f (genitive diffīdentiae); first declension
- distrust, mistrust
- diffidence
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | diffīdentia | diffīdentiae |
| Genitive | diffīdentiae | diffīdentiārum |
| Dative | diffīdentiae | diffīdentiīs |
| Accusative | diffīdentiam | diffīdentiās |
| Ablative | diffīdentiā | diffīdentiīs |
| Vocative | diffīdentia | diffīdentiae |
Descendants
- English: diffidence
- French: défiance
- Italian: diffidenza
- Romanian: difidență
Participle
diffīdentia
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of diffīdēns
References
- “diffidentia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “diffidentia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- diffidentia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- diffidentia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette