confusus, confusa -um, confusior -or -us, confusissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension · variant: 1st
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
mixed together/jumbled/disordered; in disorder; indistinct; inarticulate;
Inflections
positive
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | confusus | confusi |
| Gen. | confusi | confusorum |
| Dat. | confuso | — |
| Acc. | confusum | confusos |
| Voc. | confuse | confusi |
| Abl. | confuso | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | confusa | confusae |
| Gen. | confusae | confusarum |
| Dat. | confusae | — |
| Acc. | confusam | confusas |
| Voc. | confusa | confusae |
| Abl. | confusa | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | confusum | confusa |
| Gen. | confusi | confusorum |
| Dat. | confuso | — |
| Acc. | confusum | confusa |
| Voc. | confusum | confusa |
| Abl. | confuso | — |
comparative
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | confusius | confusiora |
| Gen. | confusioris | — |
| Acc. | confusius | confusiora |
| Voc. | confusius | confusiora |
superlative
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | confusissimus | confusissimi |
| Gen. | confusissimi | confusissimorum |
| Dat. | confusissimo | — |
| Acc. | confusissimum | confusissimos |
| Voc. | confusissime | confusissimi |
| Abl. | confusissimo | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | confusissima | confusissimae |
| Gen. | confusissimae | confusissimarum |
| Dat. | confusissimae | — |
| Acc. | confusissimam | confusissimas |
| Voc. | confusissima | confusissimae |
| Abl. | confusissima | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | confusissimum | confusissima |
| Gen. | confusissimi | confusissimorum |
| Dat. | confusissimo | — |
| Acc. | confusissimum | confusissima |
| Voc. | confusissimum | confusissima |
| Abl. | confusissimo | — |
Examples
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Satura III
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...Quamvis digressu veteris confusus amici laudo tamen, vacuis quod sedem figere Cumis destinet atque unum civem donare Sibyllae..." - G
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...Haec dicente eo gallus gallinaceus cantavit. Qua voce confusus Trimalchio vinum sub mensa iussit effundi lucernamque etiam mero..." - M
Liber I
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...scribere ipsum, tardior stilus cogitationem moratur, rudis et confusus intellectu caret: unde sequitur alter dictandi quae transferenda sunt..." - M
II
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...vero attonitus, haerens, et tota malorum suorum cogitatione confusus intellexit hoc argumentum eius esse, quae parasset, ut posset..." 
Liber Quintus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...patres 215mulcerem felixque tui spectator adessesmuneris! heu quali confusus gaudia fletuvota piosque metus inter laetumque pudorem!quam tuus..."- G
Appendix Perottina
Gaius Phaedrus
"...naturae asperaeAesopo occurrit, notus e uicinia."Quid tu confusus?" "Dicam tibi clare, pater,hoc namque es dignus appellari..." - P
Aeneid XII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...currum deserto in gramine versas.' obstipuit varia confusus imagine rerum Turnus et obtutu tacito stetit; aestuat ingens..." - Q
Sermones I
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...pullam divellere mordicus agnam coeperunt; cruor in fossam confusus, ut inde manis elicerent animas responsa daturas. lanea..."