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diffident

  • 1 diffido

    dif-fīdo, fīsus (post-class. perf. diffidi), 3, v. n., to distrust; to be diffident or distrustful, to despair (freq. and class.).
    (α).
    With dat. (so most freq.):

    eum potius (corrupisse), qui sibi aliqua ratione diffideret, quam eum, qui omni ratione confideret,

    Cic. Clu. 23, 63:

    sibi,

    Plaut. Rud. prol. 82; Cic. Prov. Cons. 16, 38:

    memoriae alicujus,

    id. Part. Or. 17, 59:

    sibi patriaeque,

    Sall. C. 31, 3:

    suis rebus,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 41, 5:

    veteri exercitui,

    Sall. J. 52, 6; 32, 5; 46, 1;

    75, 1: suae atque omnium saluti,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 38, 2:

    summae rei,

    id. B. C. 3, 94 fin.:

    perpetuitati bonorum,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 27, 86:

    ingenio meo,

    id. Mur. 30, 63:

    huic sententiae,

    id. Tusc. 5, 1, 3: prudentiae tuae, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 6:

    rei publicae,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 13, 3:

    illis (viris),

    Ov. H. 10, 97:

    caelestibus monitis,

    id. M. 1, 397 et saep.— Pass. impers.:

    cur M. Valerio non diffideretur,

    Liv. 24, 8; so Tac. A. 15, 4.—
    (β).
    With a dependent clause:

    antiquissimi invenire se posse, quod cuperent, diffisi sint,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 3; id. Quint. 24, 77; id. Or. 1, 3; 28, 97; Caes. B. G. 6, 36; Quint. 10, 1, 126 al.; cf.:

    quos diffidas sanos facere, facies,

    Cato R. R. 157, 13:

    quem manu superare posse diffiderent,

    Nep. Alcib. 10, 4.—
    * (γ).
    With ne:

    ne terras aeterna teneret,

    Lucr. 5, 980.—
    (δ).
    Rarely with abl. (after the analogy of fido and confido):

    diffisus occasione,

    Suet. Caes. 3 Burm. and Oud.; so,

    paucitate suorum,

    Front. Strat. 1, 8, 5 Oud.:

    paucitate cohortium (al. paucitati),

    Tac. H. 2, 23:

    potestate,

    Lact. 5, 20 (also Caes. B. C. 1, 12, 2, several good MSS. have voluntate; and id. ib. 3, 97, 2: eo loco, v. Oud. on the former pass.).—
    (ε).
    Absol.:

    (facis) ex confidente actutum diffidentem denuo,

    Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 15:

    jacet, diffidit, abjecit hastas,

    Cic. Mur. 21, 45:

    ita graviter aeger, ut omnes medici diffiderent. id, Div. 1, 25, 53: de Othone, diffido,

    id. Att. 12, 43, 2 al. —Hence, diffīdens, entis, P. a., without self-confidence, diffident, anxious, Suet. Claud. 35; id. Tib. 65. — Adv.: diffīdenter, without self-confidence, diffidently (very rare): timide et diffidenter attingere aliquid, * Cic. Clu. 1, 1:

    agere,

    Liv. 32, 21, 8:

    incedere,

    Amm. 26, 7, 13.— Comp.:

    timidius ac diffidentius bella ingredi,

    Just. 38, 7, 4.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > diffido

  • 2 diffīdo

        diffīdo fīsus sum, ere    [dis- + fido], to distrust, be diffident, be distrustful, despair: iacet, diffidit: sui, S.: sibi aliquā ratione: eius fidei: suis rebus, Cs.: exercitui, S.: summae rei, Cs.: armis, V.: cur M. Valerio non diffideretur, L.: me posse (tutum esse): Caesarem fidem servaturum, Cs.
    * * *
    diffidere, diffisus sum V SEMIDEP
    distrust; despair; (w/DAT) lack confidence (in), despair (of)

    Latin-English dictionary > diffīdo

  • 3 verēcundus

        verēcundus adj. with comp.    [vereor], ashamed, shamefast, bashful, shy, coy, modest, diffident, re<*> served: homo non nimis verecundus: Saepe vere<*> cundum laudasti, H.: color, a blush, H.: pudor, O. —Moderate, free from extravagance, temperate: translatio: verecundior in postulando: vita, O.: Bacchus, H.
    * * *
    verecunda -um, verecundior -or -us, verecundissimus -a -um ADJ

    Latin-English dictionary > verēcundus

  • 4 verecundor

    vĕrēcundor, āri, v. dep. n. [verecundus], to feel bashful or ashamed, to be shy or diffident (rare but class.):

    verecundari neminem apud mensam decet,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 77: hi nostri amici verecundantur, capti splendore virtutis, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 480, 17:

    aliquem cunctantem et quasi verecundantem incitare,

    id. de Or. 3, 9, 36.— With inf.:

    Sp. Carvilio graviter claudicanti ex vulnere... et ob eam causam verecundanti in publicum prodire,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 61, 249.—
    II.
    Transf., of things:

    (manus) probant, admirantur, verecundantur,

    express shame, Quint. 11, 3, 87.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > verecundor

  • 5 verecundus

    vĕrēcundus, a, um, adj. [vereor], feeling shame (at any thing good or bad), shamefaced, bashful, shy, coy, modest, diffident, etc.
    I.
    Lit.:

    nimis verecunda es (uxor),

    Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 22:

    decet verecundum esse adulescentem,

    id. As. 5, 1, 6:

    homo non nimis verecundus,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 88, 361:

    misi ad te quattuor admonitores non nimis verecundos,

    id. Fam. 9, 8, 1:

    innocentes et verecundi,

    id. Leg. 1, 19, 50:

    populus,

    Hor. A. P. 207:

    saepe verecundum laudasti,

    id. Ep. 1, 7, 37: Bacchus, moderate, id. C. 1, 27, 3 (cf.:

    modicus Liber,

    id. ib. 1, 18, 7):

    orator in transferendis verecundus et parcus,

    Cic. Or. 24, 81:

    vultus,

    Ov. M. 14, 840:

    ore loqui,

    Mart. 8, 1, 2:

    color,

    a blush, Hor. Epod. 17, 21:

    rubor,

    Ov. M. 1, 484:

    pudor,

    id. Tr. 4, 4, 50:

    verecunda debet esse translatio,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 41, 165:

    oratio,

    Quint. 11, 3, 96:

    verba,

    id. 10, 1, 9:

    causa,

    id. 4, 5, 19:

    vita,

    Ov. Tr. 2, 354.—With subj.clause:

    transire in diversa subsellia, parum verecundum est,

    Quint. 11, 3, 133:

    hoc dicere verecundum est,

    i. e. I am ashamed, id. 7, 1, 56.— Comp.:

    verecundior in postulando,

    Cic. Phil. 14, 5, 11:

    verecundior in loquendo,

    id. Fam. 7, 33, 2:

    partes,

    i. e. the private parts, Arn. 4, 133:

    translatio,

    Quint. 9, 2, 41:

    confessio,

    id. 4, 2, 8.— Sup.:

    Pompejus in appetendis honoribus immodicus, in gerendis verecundissimus,

    Vell. 2, 33, 3.—
    II.
    Transf., objectively, worthy of reverence, venerable (late Lat.):

    nomen populi Romani,

    Amm. 14, 6, 6; cf. id. 21, 16, 11; 30, 8, 4:

    praetor,

    Capitol. Ver. 8.— Adv. (acc. to I.), shamefacedly, bashfully, shyly, modestly.
    (α).
    Form vĕrēcundē, Cic. Fin. 5, 2, 6; id. Brut. 22, 87; Liv. 26, 49, 16.—
    * (β).
    Form vĕrēcundĭter, Pompon. ap. Non. 516, 23.—
    b.
    Comp.:

    verecundius,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 37, 171; Quint. 4, 1, 13; 11, 1, 84.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > verecundus

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  • Diffident — Dif fi*dent, a. [L. diffidens, entis, p. pr. of diffidere; dif = dis + fidere to trust; akin to fides faith. See {Faith}, and cf. {Defy}.] 1. Wanting confidence in others; distrustful. [Archaic] [1913 Webster] You were always extremely diffident… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • diffident — I adjective abashed, awestricken, awestruck, bashful, blushful, blushing, cautious, demure, deprecating, deprecative, diffidens, embarrassed, fainthearted, faltering, hesitating, humble, humbled, lacking self confidence, modest, overanxious,… …   Law dictionary

  • diffident — mid 15c., from L. diffidentem (nom. diffidens), prp. of diffidere (see DIFFIDENCE (Cf. diffidence)). Related: Diffidently …   Etymology dictionary

  • diffident — modest, bashful, *shy, coy Analogous words: shrinking, flinching, blenching (see RECOIL): hesitant, reluctant (see DISINCLINED): timorous, *timid Antonyms: confident Contrasted words: assured, sure, sanguine, presumptuous (see CONFIDENT): self… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • diffident — [adj] hesitant; unconfident backward, bashful, blenching, chary, constrained, coy, demure, distrustful, doubtful, dubious, flinching, humble, insecure, meek, modest, mousy, rabbity, reluctant, reserved, retiring, self conscious, self effacing,… …   New thesaurus

  • diffident — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ lacking in self confidence. DERIVATIVES diffidence noun diffidently adverb. ORIGIN Latin, from diffidere fail to trust …   English terms dictionary

  • diffident — [dif′ədənt] adj. [L diffidens: see DIFFIDENCE] full of diffidence; lacking self confidence; timid; shy SYN. SHY1 diffidently adv …   English World dictionary

  • diffident — dif|fi|dent [ˈdıfıdənt] adj [Date: 1400 1500; : Latin; Origin: , present participle of diffidere to distrust , from fidere to trust ] shy and not wanting to make people notice you or talk about you diffident manner/smile/voice etc diffident about …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • diffident — [[t]dɪ̱fɪdənt[/t]] ADJ GRADED Someone who is diffident is rather shy and does not enjoy talking about themselves or being noticed by other people. John was as bouncy and ebullient as Helen was diffident and reserved. Derived words: diffidence… …   English dictionary

  • diffident — adjective shy and unwilling to make people notice you or talk about you: He suddenly felt diffident in the presence of these people (+ about): She was diffident about her prize. diffidently adverb diffidence noun (U) …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • diffident — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Latin diffident , diffidens, present participle of diffidere to distrust, from dis + fidere to trust more at bide Date: 15th century 1. hesitant in acting or speaking through lack of self confidence 2 …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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