diffido

Latin > English

diffido diffidere, diffisus sum V SEMIDEP :: distrust; despair; (w/DAT) lack confidence (in), despair (of)

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

dif-fīdo: fīsus (post-class.
I perf. diffidi), 3, v. n., to distrust; to be diffident or distrustful, to despair (freq. and class.).
   (a)    With dat. (so most freq.): eum potius (corrupisse), qui sibi aliqua ratione diffideret, quam eum, qui omni ratione confideret, Cic. Clu. 23, 63: sibi, Plaut. Rud. prol. 82; Cic. Prov. Cons. 16, 38: memoriae alicujus, id. Part. Or. 17, 59: sibi patriaeque, Sall. C. 31, 3: suis rebus, Caes. B. G. 5, 41, 5: veteri exercitui, Sall. J. 52, 6; 32, 5; 46, 1; 75, 1: suae atque omnium saluti, Caes. B. G. 6, 38, 2: summae rei, id. B. C. 3, 94 fin.: perpetuitati bonorum, Cic. Fin. 2, 27, 86: ingenio meo, id. Mur. 30, 63: huic sententiae, id. Tusc. 5, 1, 3: prudentiae tuae, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 6: rei publicae, Cic. Fam. 5, 13, 3: illis (viris), Ov. H. 10, 97: caelestibus monitis, id. M. 1, 397 et saep.—Pass. impers.: cur M. Valerio non diffideretur, Liv. 24, 8; so Tac. A. 15, 4.—
   (b)    With a dependent clause: antiquissimi invenire se posse, quod cuperent, diffisi sint, Cic. Ac. 2, 3; id. Quint. 24, 77; id. Or. 1, 3; 28, 97; Caes. B. G. 6, 36; Quint. 10, 1, 126 al.; cf.: quos diffidas sanos facere, facies, Cato R. R. 157, 13: quem manu superare posse diffiderent, Nep. Alcib. 10, 4.—*
   (g)    With ne: ne terras aeterna teneret, Lucr. 5, 980.—
   (d)    Rarely with abl. (after the analogy of fido and confido): diffisus occasione, Suet. Caes. 3 Burm. and Oud.; so, paucitate suorum, Front. Strat. 1, 8, 5 Oud.: paucitate cohortium (al. paucitati), Tac. H. 2, 23: potestate, Lact. 5, 20 (also Caes. B. C. 1, 12, 2, several good MSS. have voluntate; and id. ib. 3, 97, 2: eo loco, v. Oud. on the former pass.).— (ε) Absol.: (facis) ex confidente actutum diffidentem denuo, Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 15: jacet, diffidit, abjecit hastas, Cic. Mur. 21, 45: ita graviter aeger, ut omnes medici diffiderent. id, Div. 1, 25, 53: de Othone, diffido, id. Att. 12, 43, 2 al.—Hence, diffīdens, entis, P. a., without self-confidence, diffident, anxious, Suet. Claud. 35; id. Tib. 65. —Adv.: diffīdenter, without self-confidence, diffidently (very rare): timide et diffidenter attingere aliquid, * Cic. Clu. 1, 1: agere, Liv. 32, 21, 8: incedere, Amm. 26, 7, 13.—Comp.: timidius ac diffidentius bella ingredi, Just. 38, 7, 4.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

diffīdō,¹⁰ fīsus sum, ĕre (dis, fido), intr., ne pas se fier à, se défier de : sibi Cic. Clu. 63, ne pas compter sur soi ; perpetuitati bonorum Cic. Fin. 2, 86, ne pas compter sur la durée du bonheur || invenire se posse quod cuperent diffisi sunt Cic. Ac. 2, 7, ils ont désespéré de pouvoir trouver ce qu’ils désiraient, cf. Cæs. G. 6, 36, 1 ; diffidere, ne terras æterna teneret nox Lucr. 5, 980, redouter qu’une nuit éternelle ne s’emparât de la terre || rare avec abl.] occasione Suet. Cæs. 3, se défier des circonstances || abs^t] avoir perdu toute espérance, désespérer : Cic. Div. 1, 53 ; Att. 12, 43, 2 || [pass. impers.] Liv. 24, 8, 5.

Latin > German (Georges)

dif-fīdo, fīsus sum, ere (dis u. fido), einer Person od. Sache nicht recht trauen, mißtrauen, gegen sie mißtrauisch sein, an dem Erfolge einer Bemühung zweifeln, an etw. verzweifeln (Ggstz. confido), mit Dat., veteri exercitui, Sall.: sibi, Cic. u. Plin. ep.: sibi patriaeque, Sall.: ei loco, Caes.: voluntati alcis, Cic. u. Caes.: vitae, Sall.: saluti (an der Rettung), Caes.: suis rebus (an seiner Lage), Caes. u. Curt.: virtuti militum, Sall.: viribus suis, Liv.: huic sententiae, Cic.: unpers., cur M. Valerio non diffideretur, Liv. – m. Abl. (auf Grund einer Sache), cum ingenio eius, tum occasione, Suet. Caes. 3. – m. de (in betreff) u. Abl., de belli eventu, Eutr. 3, 18. – m. folg. Acc. u. Infin., rem posse confici diffido, Cic.: septimo die diffidens de numero dierum Caesarem fidem servaturum, Caes.: quem manu superari posse diffidebant, Nep. – mit ne u. Konj., Lucr. 5, 978. – absol., iacet, diffidit, abiecit hastas, Cic.: valde diffidere boni coeperunt, da sank der Mut der G. gewaltig, Cic.

Latin > Chinese

diffido, is, fidi vel fisus sum, dere. n. 3. :: 不信。失望。Non diffido prudentiae tuae 不疑汝智。Diffido patriae 不望國安。