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fidentia1

fidentia1 · f

confidence

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Where it lives

De Inventione 2 · 0.6/10k
Apologeticum 1 · 0.5/10k

What it meant

1. fīdentĭa — Lewis & Short

fīdentĭa, ae, f.fidens, from fido,

I confidence, self-confidence, boldness (a philosophical word of Cicero): ejus (fortitudinis) partes sunt magnificentia, fidentia, patientia, perseverantia ... fidentia est, per quam magnis et honestis in rebus multum ipse animus in se fiduciae certa cum spe collocavit, Cic. Inv. 2, 54, 163: fidentiae contrarium est diffidentia, et ea re vitium est; audacia non contrarium sed oppositum est ac propinquum, et tamen vitium est, id. ib. § 165: si fidentia, id est firma animi confisio, scientia quaedam est et opinio gravis non temere assentientis, metus quoque est diffidentia exspectati et impendentis mali, id. Tusc. 4, 37, 80.

2. Fīdentĭa — Lewis & Short

Fīdentĭa, ae, f.,

I a small town in Gallia Cisalpina, between Parma and Placentia, now Borgo S. Donnino, Vell. 2, 28; Liv. Epit. 88. Its inhabitants are called Fīdentīni, Plin. 3, 15, 20, § 116; Mart. 1, 54.

In the wild

fidentiae Cicero, De Inventione 2.165.p1
fidentiae Cicero, De Inventione 2.165.p1
fidentiam Tertullian, Apologeticum 23.18

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