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diffīdentĭa , ae, f. diffido,
I.want of confidence, mistrust, distrust, diffidence (class.).—Without gen.: “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. β: “non tam diffidentiā, futurum quae imperavisset, quam, etc.,” Sall. J. 100, 4.—
II. Want of faith, disobedience (eccl. Lat.): “ira Dei in filios diffidentiae,” Vulg. Ephes. 5, 6.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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    • Tacitus, Historiae, 1.72
    • Sallust, Bellum Iugurthinum, 60
    • Suetonius, Otho, 9
    • Pliny the Younger, Epistulae, 5.1.7
    • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 4.37
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 5, 7.1
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 8, pr.27
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 11, 3.142
    • Sallust, Bellum Iugurthinum, 100
    • Cicero, De Inventione, 2.54
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