praefidens

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ἔργοισι χρηστός, οὐ λόγοις ἔφυν μόνον → a friend in deeds, and not in words alone

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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.

Latin > German (Georges)

praefīdēns, entis (prae u. fido), zu sehr vertrauend, sibi, allzu selbstvertrauend, allzu vermessen, Cic. de off. 1, 90. Tragic. poët. vet. b. Cic. de or. 3, 166. Augustin. in psalm. 103. serm. 4. no. 16.