confessionibus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →confessio, confessionis:
Feminine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Age:
- Late
- Field:
- Religion
confession, creed, avowal of belief/faith; acknowledgement of Christ; suffering;; confession, acknowledgement; (act implying) admission (of guilt); proof, token;; praise, thanksgiving; (Vulgate);
abl. pl.dat. pl.loc. pl.
Examples
Liber IV
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...stupratori constituta est, dabit". Verum in his quoque confessionibus est aliquid quo invidia quam expositio adversarii fecit detrahi..."In Catilinam III
Marcus Tullius Cicero from Catilinarian Orations
"...transactum est. Nam P. Lentulus, quamquam patefactis indiciis, confessionibus suis, iudicio senatus non modo praetoris ius, verum etiam..."Liber VIII
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...immemorem loquuntur, seque ipsos dum insectantur illum turpissimis confessionibus produnt, ut qui de patre avo proavo quasi..."