diffidentia

Latin

Etymology

diffīdēns +‎ -ia

Noun

diffīdentia f (genitive diffīdentiae); first declension

  1. distrust, mistrust
  2. diffidence

Declension

First-declension noun.

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

  1. 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.