confidant Copy link Outline 1. conscius, conscia2. fămĭlĭāris • confidant: 1. conscius, conscia: my c. in all my private affairs, mihi in privatis omnibus c., Cic.: make me your c., fac me consciam, Pl.: nor is any man my c., nec c. est ullus homo, Pl. 2. fămĭlĭāris: an intimate friend (q. v.). Phr.: a c. of the sovereign, arcanis principis admissus, Tac.; secretiorum omnium arbiter, Curt.; send to me any of your c.s that you please, si quem tuorum fidelium voles ad me mittas, Cic.. to take any one as a c. in a scheme, aliquem in societatem consilii assumere, Liv.; in conscientiam assumere, Tac.: in fuller sense, alicui intimas cogitationes tradere, Tac.: he asked him to send one of his c.s, petiit ut aliquem ex arcanis mitteret, Plin.