praefidens

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Menander, Monostichoi, 277

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

prae-fīdens: entis, Part. fido,
I trusting too much, over-confident (rare but class.): exsultantem te et praefidentem tibi Repriment legum habenae, self-confident, rash, Poët. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 41, 166; so, homines sibi praefidentes, Cic. Off. 1, 26, 90.—Adv.: praefīdenter, too confidently (late Lat.); comp.: praefidentius, Aug. Ep. 55.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

præfīdēns,¹⁶ tis, qui a une très grande confiance : sibi Cic. Off. 1, 90, qui a trop de confiance en soi-même, présomptueux.