diffidens

== Latin == === Etymology === Present participle of diffīdō. === Participle === diffīdēns (genitive diffīdentis, adverb diffīdenter); third-declension one-termination participle distrusting despairing (of) ==== Declension ==== Third-declension participle. 1When used purely as an adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== diffīdentia === References === “diffidens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “diffidens”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.