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1 diffīdentia
diffīdentia ae, f [diffidens], mistrust, distrust, diffidence: fidentiae contrarium est: rei, S.: non tam diffidentiā, futura quae imperavisset, quam, etc., S.* * *mistrust, distrust; unbelief; want of faith (Ecc); suspicion; disobedience -
2 diffidentia
diffīdentĭa, ae, f. [diffido], want of confidence, mistrust, distrust, diffidence (class.).—Without gen.:II.fidentiae contrarium est diffidentia,
Cic. Inv. 2, 54, 165; cf. id. Tusc. 4, 37, 80; so Quint. 5, 7, 1; 8 prooem. § 27; 9, 2, 72; Ov. R. Am. 543 al.— With gen.:diffidentiam rei simulare,
Sall. J. 60, 5:memoriae,
Quint. 11, 3, 142:causae,
Plin. Ep. 5, 1, 7:praesentium,
Tac. H. 1, 72:copiarum,
Suet. Oth. 9 al. —With a dependent clause (cf. diffido, no. b:non tam diffidentiā, futurum quae imperavisset, quam, etc.,
Sall. J. 100, 4.—Want of faith, disobedience (eccl. Lat.):ira Dei in filios diffidentiae,
Vulg. Ephes. 5, 6. -
3 pusillum
I.Lit.:II.pueri,
Cato, R. R. 157, 10:testis,
Cic. de Or. 2, 60, 145; cf. Hor. S. 1, 5, 69:terra homines nunc educat pusillos,
Juv. 15, 70:mus,
Plaut. Truc. 4, 4, 15:villula valde pusilla,
Cic. Att. 12, 27, 1:folia (herbae),
Plin. 25, 13, 103, § 162: epistula, Cic. Att. 6, 1, 23:pusilli et contempti libelli,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 75, § 185:cui satis una Farris libra foret, gracili sic tamque pusillo,
Hor. S. 1, 5, 69:vox,
small, thin, weak, Quint. 11, 3, 32:habuimus in Cumano quasi pusillam Romam,
Cic. Att. 5, 2, 2.— Comp.:maritus quovis puero pusillior,
App. M. 5, p. 163, 5:pusillo animo,
Vulg. Col. 3, 21.— Absol.: pŭsillum, i, n., a very little, a trifle: nactus pusillum laxamenti, Treb. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 16, 3:aphaca pusillo altior lenticula est,
a trifle taller, Plin. 27, 5, 21, § 38:pusillum a vero discedere,
a little, Quint. 8, 6, 28; cf. Cato, R. R. 90:post pusillum,
after a little, Vulg. Judith, 13, 11; id. Luc. 22, 58.—Trop., little, small, petty, paltry:animus,
a petty spirit, Cic. Fam. 2, 17, 7; Sen. Ira, 3, 43, 4:Siculus ille capitalis, creber, acutus, brevis, paene pusillus Thucydides,
id. Q. Fr. 2, 11 (13), 4; Mart. 3, 62, 8:pusilli animi,
little courage, diffidence, Hor. S. 1, 4, 17:ingenium,
Mart. 9, 51, 1:causa,
trifling, Ov. R. Am. 730:res (opp. grandes),
Quint. 11, 3, 151:quod dixi tamen, hoc leve et pusillum est,
Mart. 4, 43, 9:causidicus,
Juv. 10, 121. -
4 pusillus
I.Lit.:II.pueri,
Cato, R. R. 157, 10:testis,
Cic. de Or. 2, 60, 145; cf. Hor. S. 1, 5, 69:terra homines nunc educat pusillos,
Juv. 15, 70:mus,
Plaut. Truc. 4, 4, 15:villula valde pusilla,
Cic. Att. 12, 27, 1:folia (herbae),
Plin. 25, 13, 103, § 162: epistula, Cic. Att. 6, 1, 23:pusilli et contempti libelli,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 75, § 185:cui satis una Farris libra foret, gracili sic tamque pusillo,
Hor. S. 1, 5, 69:vox,
small, thin, weak, Quint. 11, 3, 32:habuimus in Cumano quasi pusillam Romam,
Cic. Att. 5, 2, 2.— Comp.:maritus quovis puero pusillior,
App. M. 5, p. 163, 5:pusillo animo,
Vulg. Col. 3, 21.— Absol.: pŭsillum, i, n., a very little, a trifle: nactus pusillum laxamenti, Treb. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 16, 3:aphaca pusillo altior lenticula est,
a trifle taller, Plin. 27, 5, 21, § 38:pusillum a vero discedere,
a little, Quint. 8, 6, 28; cf. Cato, R. R. 90:post pusillum,
after a little, Vulg. Judith, 13, 11; id. Luc. 22, 58.—Trop., little, small, petty, paltry:animus,
a petty spirit, Cic. Fam. 2, 17, 7; Sen. Ira, 3, 43, 4:Siculus ille capitalis, creber, acutus, brevis, paene pusillus Thucydides,
id. Q. Fr. 2, 11 (13), 4; Mart. 3, 62, 8:pusilli animi,
little courage, diffidence, Hor. S. 1, 4, 17:ingenium,
Mart. 9, 51, 1:causa,
trifling, Ov. R. Am. 730:res (opp. grandes),
Quint. 11, 3, 151:quod dixi tamen, hoc leve et pusillum est,
Mart. 4, 43, 9:causidicus,
Juv. 10, 121.
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