praefidens

prae-fīdens, entis, Part. [fido],

trusting too much , over-confident (rare but class.): exsultantem te et praefidentem tibi Repriment legum habenae, self-confident , rash , Poët. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 41, 166; so, homines sibi praefidentes, Cic. Off. 1, 26, 90.—Adv.: praefīdenter , too confidently (late Lat.); comp. : praefidentius, Aug. Ep. 55.