diffiteor
ἀμείνω δ' αἴσιμα πάντα (Odyssey VII.310 / XV.71) → all things are better in moderation
Latin > English
diffiteor diffiteri, - V DEP :: disavow, deny
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
dif-fĭtĕor: ēri,
I v. dep. a. fateor, to disavow, to deny (very rare; perh. only in the foll. passages—for syn. v. denego init.): numquam diffitebor multa me simulasse invitum, Planc. in Cic. Fam. 10, 8, 4; so with acc. and inf., Quint. 2, 17, 5: obscenum opus, Ov. Am. 3, 14, 28; Aus. Caes. 14.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
diffĭtĕor,¹⁶ ērī, tr. (dis, fateor), nier, disconvenir, ne pas avouer : Planc. d. Cic. Fam. 10, 8, 4 ; Quint. 2, 17, 5 ; Ov. Am. 3, 14, 28.
Latin > German (Georges)
dif-fiteor, ērī (dis u. fateor), eine Tatsache in Abrede stellen (Ggstz. fateor), Planc. in Cic. ep. 10, 8, 4. Ov. am. 3, 14, 28: m. dopp. Acc., quem fateare bonum, diffiteare parem, Auson. Caes. 14, 4. p. 117, 5 Schenkl: diff. se Christianos, Min. Fel. 28, 5.
