confiteor, confiteri, confessus sum:
Verb · 2nd conjugation · variant: 1st · Deponent
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
confess (w/ACC), admit, acknowledge, reveal, disclose; concede, allow; denote;
Conjugations
Finite Forms
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | confiteor | confitemur |
| 2 | confiteris, confitere | confitemini |
| 3 | confitetur | confitentur |
Infinitives
| Voice | Tense | Forms |
|---|---|---|
| passive | present | confiteri |
Imperatives
passive
present
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | confitere | confitemini |
future
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | confitetor | — |
| 3 | confitetor | confitentor |
Participles
Perfect Passive Participle
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | confessus | confessi |
| Gen. | confessi | confessorum |
| Dat. | confesso | — |
| Acc. | confessum | confessos |
| Voc. | confesse | confessi |
| Abl. | confesso | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | confessa | confessae |
| Gen. | confessae | confessarum |
| Dat. | confessae | — |
| Acc. | confessam | confessas |
| Voc. | confessa | confessae |
| Abl. | confessa | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | confessum | confessa |
| Gen. | confessi | confessorum |
| Dat. | confesso | — |
| Acc. | confessum | confessa |
| Voc. | confessum | confessa |
| Abl. | confesso | — |
Gerundive
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | confitendus | — |
| Gen. | confitendi | — |
| Dat. | confitendo | — |
| Acc. | confitendum | — |
| Voc. | confitende | — |
| Abl. | confitendo | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | confitenda | — |
| Gen. | confitendae | — |
| Dat. | confitendae | — |
| Acc. | confitendam | — |
| Voc. | confitenda | — |
| Abl. | confitenda | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | confitendum | — |
| Gen. | confitendi | — |
| Dat. | confitendo | — |
| Acc. | confitendum | — |
| Voc. | confitendum | — |
| Abl. | confitendo | — |
Supines
accusative: confessum; ablative: confessu
Examples
- P
Andria
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...perdidit me? DA. perii. PA. atque hoc confiteor iure mi obtigisse, quandoquidem tam iners, tam nulli consili..." - D
Satura VI
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...Latino? nos utinam uani. sed clamat Pontia 'feci, confiteor, puerisque meis aconita paraui, quae deprensa patent; facinus tamen..." Liber IX
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...esse pusillum, carmina quod faciam quae brevitate placent. Confiteor. Sed tu bis senis grandia libris qui scribis Priami..."Liber IV
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...nostra tumet. "Illa tamen laudant omnes, mirantur, adorant". Confiteor: laudant illa, sed ista legunt. 10 Quid me, Thai..."Liber III
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...quod uiuis, nulla cum ratione facis. Sunt tibi, confiteor, diffusi iugera campi, urbanique tenent praedia multa lares..."- L
Libri XIV-XV
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...publicanorum utar verbo, iconismos ex usu esse confiteor: proponamus laudanda, invenietur imitator. Putas utile dari tibi argumenta..." - M
Liber IX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...conlocationis ipsa verborum luce deprenditur. XVI. Itaque ut confiteor paene ultimam oratoribus artem compositionis, quae quidem perfecta..." - T
Trinummus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...recte seu pervorse facta sunt, ego me fecisse confiteor, Megaronides. em mea malefacta, em meam avaritiam tibi; hascine..."