diffidentia

Latin

Etymology

diffīdēns +‎ -ia

Noun

diffīdentia f (genitive diffīdentiae); first declension

1. distrust, mistrust
2. diffidence

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	diffīdentia	diffīdentiae
Genitive	diffīdentiae	diffīdentiārum
Dative	diffīdentiae	diffīdentiīs
Accusative	diffīdentiam	diffīdentiās
Ablative	diffīdentiā	diffīdentiīs
Vocative	diffīdentia	diffīdentiae

Descendants

• English: diffidence
• French: défiance
• Italian: diffidenza
• Romanian: difidență

Participle

diffīdentia

1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of diffīdēns

References

• “diffidentia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “diffidentia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• diffidentia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• diffidentia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.