confirmo, confirmare, confirmavi, confirmatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · variant: 1st · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
strengthen, develop, build up (w/troops); make secure/firm; reassure; secure;
Conjugations
Finite Forms
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | confirmo | confirmamus |
| 2 | confirmas | confirmatis |
| 3 | confirmat | confirmant |
Infinitives
| Voice | Tense | Forms |
|---|---|---|
| active | present | confirmare |
| active | perfect | confirmavisse |
| passive | present | confirmari |
Imperatives
active
present
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | confirma | confirmate |
future
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | confirmato | confirmatote |
| 3 | confirmato | confirmanto |
passive
present
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | confirmare | confirmamini |
future
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | confirmator | — |
| 3 | confirmator | confirmantor |
Participles
Perfect Passive Participle
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | confirmatus | confirmati |
| Gen. | confirmati | confirmatorum |
| Dat. | confirmato | — |
| Acc. | confirmatum | confirmatos |
| Voc. | confirmate | confirmati |
| Abl. | confirmato | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | confirmata | confirmatae |
| Gen. | confirmatae | confirmatarum |
| Dat. | confirmatae | — |
| Acc. | confirmatam | confirmatas |
| Voc. | confirmata | confirmatae |
| Abl. | confirmata | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | confirmatum | confirmata |
| Gen. | confirmati | confirmatorum |
| Dat. | confirmato | — |
| Acc. | confirmatum | confirmata |
| Voc. | confirmatum | confirmata |
| Abl. | confirmato | — |
Gerundive
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | confirmandus | — |
| Gen. | confirmandi | — |
| Dat. | confirmando | — |
| Acc. | confirmandum | — |
| Voc. | confirmande | — |
| Abl. | confirmando | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | confirmanda | — |
| Gen. | confirmandae | — |
| Dat. | confirmandae | — |
| Acc. | confirmandam | — |
| Voc. | confirmanda | — |
| Abl. | confirmanda | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | confirmandum | — |
| Gen. | confirmandi | — |
| Dat. | confirmando | — |
| Acc. | confirmandum | — |
| Voc. | confirmandum | — |
| Abl. | confirmando | — |
Supines
accusative: confirmatum; ablative: confirmatu
Examples
In Catilinam IV
Marcus Tullius Cicero from Catilinarian Orations
"...consulatu confirmatam meo perpetuam in re publica tenuerimus, confirmo vobis nullum posthac malum civile ac domesticum ad ullam..."Liber III
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI III DE BELLO CIVILI
"...acciderit. Ego reliquas portas circumeo et castrorum praesidia confirmo." Haec cum dixisset, se in praetorium contulit summae..."Dialogus de Oratoribus
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from Minor Works
"...quem non posse aliter existere nec extitisse umquam confirmo, nisi eum qui, tamquam in aciem omnibus armis instructus..."Liber VIII
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...nunc ego te quibus ipsum me hortor moneo confirmo. Neque enim ardentius tu pronepotes quam ego liberos cupio..."