[2148] dif-fiteor, ērī (dis u. fateor), eine Tatsache in Abrede stellen (Ggstz. fateor), Planc. in Cic. ep. 10, 8, 4. Ov. am. 3, 14, 28: m. dopp. Acc., quem fateare bonum, diffiteare parem, Auson. Caes. 14, 4. p. 117, 5 Schenkl: diff. se Christianos, Min. Fel. 28, 5.