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diffido

diffido

See also: diffidò

Italian

Verb

diffido

  1. first-person singular present indicative of diffidare

Latin

Etymology

From dis- + fīdō.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /difˈfiː.doː/, [dɪfˈfiː.doː]

Verb

diffīdō (present infinitive diffīdere, perfect active diffīsus sum); third conjugation, semi-deponent

  1. I distrust
  2. I despair (of)

Usage notes

Used with the dative.

Inflection

   Conjugation of diffido (third conjugation, semi-deponent)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present diffīdō diffīdis diffīdit diffīdimus diffīditis diffīdunt
imperfect diffīdēbam diffīdēbās diffīdēbat diffīdēbāmus diffīdēbātis diffīdēbant
future diffīdam diffīdēs diffīdet diffīdēmus diffīdētis diffīdent
perfect diffīsus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect diffīsus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect diffīsus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present diffīdam diffīdās diffīdat diffīdāmus diffīdātis diffīdant
imperfect diffīderem diffīderēs diffīderet diffīderēmus diffīderētis diffīderent
perfect diffīsus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect diffīsus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present diffīde diffīdite
future diffīditō diffīditō diffīditōte diffīduntō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives diffīdere diffīsus esse diffīsūrus esse
participles diffīdēns diffīsus diffīsūrus
verbal nouns gerund supine
nominative genitive dative/ablative accusative accusative ablative
diffīdere diffīdendī diffīdendō diffīdendum diffīsum diffīsū

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