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
- M
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..." - M
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..." - G
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..."