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|lshtext=<b>con-fīdo</b>: fĭsus [[sum]], 3,<br /><b>I</b> v. n., to [[trust]] [[confidently]] in [[something]], [[confide]] in, rely [[firmly]] [[upon]], to [[believe]], be [[assured]] of (as an enhancing of sperare, Cic. Att. 6, 9, 1; Nep. Milt. 1, 1; freq. and [[class]]. in [[prose]] and [[poetry]]); constr. [[with]] abl., acc. and inf., [[with]] dat., [[rarely]] [[with]] de, ut, or absol.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With abl. (in [[verb]]. finit. [[very]] [[rare]] [[with]] [[personal]] [[object]]): aut corporis firmitate aut fortunae stabilitate, Cic. Tusc. 5, 14, 40: copiā et facultate causae, id. Rosc. Com. 1, 2; id. Tusc. 5, 3, 8: illum, quo [[antea]] confidebant, metuunt, id. Att. 8, 13, 2; id. Clu. 1, 1: naturā loci, Caes. B. G. 3, 9; 7, 68; id. B. C. 1, 58: castrorum propinquitate, id. ib. 1, 75 fin.; 3, 83; Lentul. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 14, 4: jurejurando, Suet. Caes. 86; cf.: [[neque]] milites [[alio]] duce [[plus]] confidere aut audere, Liv. 21, 4, 4: [[socio]] Ulixe, Ov. M. 13, 240 (v. also under γ).—So esp. [[with]] [[part]]. [[pass]].: [[confisus]], a, um: [[neque]] [[Caesar]] [[opus]] intermittit [[confisus]] praesidio legionum trium, Caes. B. C. 1, 42; 1, 75; 3, 106; Auct. B. Alex. 10, 5, Auct. B. G. 8, 3; 8, 15; Auct. B. Afr. 49: tam potenti duce [[confisus]], Liv. 24, 5, 12; 28, 42, 12: nullā aliā urbe, Cic. Fam. 12, 14, 4; Lentul. ib. 12, 15, 3: patientiā nostrā, Plin. [[Pan]]. 68, 2: [[senatus]] [[consulto]], Suet. Caes. 86.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With acc. and inf. (so [[most]] freq. in all per.), Plaut. Stich. 3, 2, 1; Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 108; id. Ad. 5, 3, 40; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 69, § 177; id. Off. 3, 2, 5; id. Att. 1, 10, 2; 6, 7, 1; 6, 9, 1 al.; Caes. B. G. 1, 23 fin.; id. B. C. 2, 10; Sall. C. 17, 7; id. J. 26, 1; Nep. Milt. 1, 1; Liv. 4, 32, 6; 36, 40, 2; 44, 13, 7; Quint. 5, 12, 17; 11, 1, 92; Suet. Caes. 29; id. Oth. 10; Ov. M. 9, 256: (venti et sol) siccare [[prius]] confidunt omnia posse Quam, etc., Lucr. 5, 391.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(g)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With dat. ([[very]] freq.; and so [[almost]] [[always]] of [[personal]] objects): me perturbasset ejus [[sententia]], [[nisi]] vestrae virtuti constantiaeque confiderem, Cic. Phil. 5, 1, 2; cf. id. Att. 16, 16, A, 5; 1, 9, 2: cui divinationi, id. Fam. 6, 6, 4: his rebus [[magis]] [[quam]] causae suae, id. Inv. 1, 16, 22; id. Verr. 2, 2, 28, § 69; id. Sest. 64, 135; id. Mil. 23, 61; id. Fin. 1, 9, 31; Liv. 38, 48, 13: virtuti militum, Caes. B. C. 3, 24: cui ([[peditum]] parti) [[maxime]] confidebat, id. ib. 2, 40: equitatui, id. ib. 3, 94; Auct. B. Afr. 60: fidei Romanae, Liv. 21, 19, 10; 22, 18, 8; 29, 12, 1; 40, 12, 15 al.: huic legioni [[Caesar]] confidebat [[maxime]], Caes. B. G. 1, 40; 1, 42. —Esp. freq. [[with]] sibi, to rely on one's [[self]], [[have]] [[confidence]] in one's [[self]]: [[neque]] [[illi]] sibi confisi ex portā prodire sunt ausi, Caes. B. C. 3, 7: dum sibi [[uterque]] confideret, id. ib. 3, 10; Cic. Fl. 1, 5; id. Clu. 23, 63; id. Har. Resp. 16, 35; id. Ac. 2, 11, 36; id. Fin. 3, 8, 29; id. Lael. 5, 17; 9, 30; id. Rep. 3, 13, 23; Brut. ap. Cic. Ep. ad Brut. 1, 16, 6; Auct. B. Afr. 19; Sen. Tranq. 14, 2; id. Ep. 72, 2; Liv. 4, 18, 1: fidei legionum, Auct. B. Alex. 6, 2: suae virtuti, Liv. 3, 67, 5; 21, 57, 12: felicitati regis sui, Curt. 3, 14, 4: Graecorum [[erga]] se benevolentiae, id. 4, 10, 16; 7, 7, 28; 7, 9, 1; 9, 2, 25; Tac. A. 1, 81; 14, 36; id. H. 1, 14; Sen. Ep. 4, 7.—Dub. [[whether]] dat. or abl. (cf. [[supra]] α): suis bonis. Cic. Tusc. 5, 13, 40: viribus, Caes. B. G. 1, 53: dis immortalibus, Sall. C. 52, 28: his amicis sociisque, id. ib. 16, 4; id. J. 112, 2: suis militibus, Liv. 2, 45, 4: quibus (rebus), Quint. 3, 6, 8: [[ostento]], Suet. Tib. 19 al.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(d)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With de: externis auxiliis de [[salute]] urbis confidere, Caes. B. C. 2, 5 fin.: de consuetudine civitatis, Dig. 1, 3, 34; Nep. Milt. 1, 1.—（ε) With acc.: [[confisus]] avos, Stat. Th. 2, 573; cf. Prisc. 18, p. 1185 P.; cf.: [[nihil]] [[nimis]] [[oportet]] confidere, Cic. Tusc. 1, 32, 78.—（ζ) With ut, Plin. Ep. 2, 5, 7 ([[but]] in Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 5, § 16, [[confido]] is prob. a [[gloss]]; v. Orell. N. cr.).—（η) Absol.: non confidit, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 107: ubi legati [[satis]] confidunt, [[die]] constituto, Senatus utrisque datur, Sall. J. 13, 9.—*<br /><b>II</b> Poet. [[with]] inanim. subjects: remis confisa minutis parvula [[cymba]], Prop. 1, 11, 9.—Hence, confīdens, entis, P. a. (lit. [[confident]], trusting to [[something]]; [[hence]] [[with]] [[exclusive]] ref. to one's [[self]]), selfconfident; in a [[good]] and ([[more]] freq.) in a [[bad]] [[sense]] ([[class]].).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In a [[good]] [[sense]] (perh. [[only]] [[ante]]-[[class]].), [[bold]], [[daring]], [[undaunted]]: [[decet]] innocentem servum [[atque]] innoxium Confidentem esse, Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 8: qui me [[alter]] est audacior [[homo]]? aut qui me confidentior? id. Am. 1, 1, 1: [[senex]], [[ellum]], [[confidens]], [[catus]], Ter. And. 5, 2, 14.— Comp.: [[quod]] est [[nimio]] confidentius, Gell. 10, 26, 9.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In a [[bad]] [[sense]], [[shameless]], [[audacious]], [[impudent]]: qui [[fortis]] est, [[idem]] est [[fidens]], [[quoniam]] [[confidens]] malā consuetudine loquendi in [[vitio]] ponitur, ductum [[verbum]] a confidendo, [[quod]] laudis est, etc., Cic. Tusc. 3, 7, 14: [[improbus]], [[confidens]], [[nequam]], [[malus]] videatur, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 262, 11; Turp. ib. p. 262, 13: [[homo]], Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 73 (cf. Cic. Caecin. 10, 27); Cic. Phil. 7, 1, 3; * Hor. S. 1, 7, 7; Quint. 9, 3, 65; Suet. Dom. 12.—Sup.: juvenum confidentissime, Verg. G. 4, 445: [[mendacium]], App. Mag. p. 318, 27.—Hence, adv.: confīdenter.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In a [[good]] [[sense]], [[boldly]], [[daringly]]: [[confidenter]] hominem [[contra]] colloqui, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 183; 2, 2, 207; id. Capt. 3, 5, 6.— Comp.: dicere, Cic. Cael. 19, 44: loqui, id. de Or. 2, 7, 28.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In a [[bad]] [[sense]], [[audaciously]], [[impudently]], Afran. ap. Non. p. 262, 17; Ter. Heaut. 5, 3, 7.—Sup.: confidentissime resistens, Auct. Her. 2, 5, 8 fin.>
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|gf=<b>cōnfīdō</b>,⁸ fīsus sum, ĕre, intr., se fier à, mettre sa confiance dans ; [avec dat.] equitatui Cæs. C. 3, 94, 5 ; legioni Cæs. G. 1, 40, 15, avoir confiance dans la cavalerie, dans une légion ; [[sibi]] confidere, avoir confiance en soi-même : Cic. Fl. 5 ; Clu. 63 ; Ac. 2, 36 ; Læl. 17, etc. ; Cæs. C. 3, 7, 2 ; 3, 10, 7 ; virtuti alicujus Cic. Phil. 5, 1, se fier au courage de qqn ; causæ suæ Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 69, avoir confiance dans sa propre cause (Mil. 61 ; Sest. 135, etc.) || [avec abl.] confidere [[aliquo]] Cic. Att. 8, 13, 2, avoir confiance en qqn ; [[natura]] loci Cæs. G. 3, 9, 3 ; fortunæ stabilitate Cic. Tusc. 5, 40, avoir confiance dans la nature d’une position, dans la stabilité de la fortune ; [[tam]] potenti [[duce]] confisi Liv. 24, 5, 12, confiants dans un chef si puissant || [abl. ou dat., douteux] : confisi viribus Cæs. G. 1, 53, confiants dans leurs forces, cf. Cic. Tusc. 5, 40 ; Sall. C. 52, 28, etc. ; [av. de ] Apul. Plat. 2, 20 ; [av. in ] décad. || abs<sup>t</sup>] avoir confiance : Pl. Merc. 856 ; Cic. Clu. 156 ; Mil. 78 ; Phil. 6, 14 ; Tusc. 1, 78 ; 3, 14 ; [[neque]] milites [[alio]] [[duce]] [[plus]] confidere [[aut]] audere Liv. 21, 4, 4, et les soldats sous aucun autre chef n’avaient [[plus]] de confiance et d’audace || [avec prop. inf.] avoir la [[ferme]] confiance, la [[ferme]] conviction que, espérer fermement que : Pl. Amph. 935 ; Capt. 167, etc.; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 177 ; Cat. 1, 8, etc. || [avec ut ] Plin. Min. Ep. 2, 5, 7 || [[quod]] ] Amm. 30, 8.
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