confido Latin · revision 6702

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Plautus|origins=la fīdō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [kõːˈfiː.doː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [koɱˈfiː.do]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

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

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[con-]] and [[fīdō]] “to trust”, the prefix perhaps intensive.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline) ''Fīdō'' goes back to [[ine-pro|*bʰeydʰ-|t=to trust]].^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The TLL says it is first found in Plautus, and the OLD's first citations are from him.^(TLL)^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to put one's trust in, have confidence in, as Caesar's trust in his cavalry, with ''sibi cōnfīdere'' “to be self-confident”, and to trust confidently, be sure that something is so.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) Lewis and Short describe it as a stronger form of [[spērō]] “to hope”, frequent in Classical prose and poetry; the TLL notes it is rare in poetry outside drama.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL) It is semi-deponent, with the perfect ''cōnfīsus sum''.^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Döderlein says ''cōnfīdere'' is to trust firmly in strength or help, while [[crēdō]] is to believe in another's good intentions.^(Döderlein 1874)

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+ It survives in Italian ''confidare'', French ''confier'' and Spanish ''confiar''.^(Wiktionary) [[en|confide]] was borrowed in the mid-15th century, and [[en|confidence]] and [[en|confident]] come from its participle ''cōnfīdēns''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar uses it of trusting his cavalry.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 1400 – English ''confidence'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

+ * mid-15th century – English ''confide'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|trust]] in, have [[m|en|confidence]] in, ''sibi cōnfīdere'', to be self-confident.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To be sure, trust confidently (that).^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[cōnfīdentia]]

+ * [[cōnfīdentiloquus]]

+ * [[confīsiō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[fīdō]]

+ * [[fīdus]]

+ * [[en|confide]]

+ * [[en|confidence]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}