confido

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Italian

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Verb

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confido

  1. first-person singular present indicative of confidare

Anagrams

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Latin

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Etymology

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From con- (with, together) +‎ fīdō (trust; rely upon).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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cōnfīdō (present infinitive cōnfīdere, perfect active cōnfīsus sum); third conjugation, semi-deponent

  1. (intransitive) (+ Dative of the person and e + ablative of the thing or in/de + ablative) to be confident or assured of, confide in, believe, trust, place or put confidence in; rely upon
    Synonyms: fīdō, credō
    Antonyms: diffīdō, suspiciō
    causae suae confidereto have confidence in its cause

Usage notes

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Used with the dative.

Conjugation

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   Conjugation of cōnfīdō (third conjugation, semi-deponent)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present cōnfīdō cōnfīdis cōnfīdit cōnfīdimus cōnfīditis cōnfīdunt
imperfect cōnfīdēbam cōnfīdēbās cōnfīdēbat cōnfīdēbāmus cōnfīdēbātis cōnfīdēbant
future cōnfīdam cōnfīdēs cōnfīdet cōnfīdēmus cōnfīdētis cōnfīdent
perfect cōnfīsus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect cōnfīsus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect cōnfīsus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present cōnfīdam cōnfīdās cōnfīdat cōnfīdāmus cōnfīdātis cōnfīdant
imperfect cōnfīderem cōnfīderēs cōnfīderet cōnfīderēmus cōnfīderētis cōnfīderent
perfect cōnfīsus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect cōnfīsus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present cōnfīde cōnfīdite
future cōnfīditō cōnfīditō cōnfīditōte cōnfīduntō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives cōnfīdere cōnfīsum esse cōnfīsūrum esse
participles cōnfīdēns cōnfīsus cōnfīsūrus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
cōnfīdendī cōnfīdendō cōnfīdendum cōnfīdendō cōnfīsum cōnfīsū

Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  • confido in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2024), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
  • confido”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • confido”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • confido in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to put confidence in some one: confidere alicui (but aliqua re)