confesso
Dictionary entries
- Entry →confessus, confessa, confessum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Government
admitted, acknowledged; generally admitted, manifest, obvious; confessed;
abl. sg. (m.)abl. sg. (n.)dat. sg. (m.)dat. sg. (n.) - Entry →confessum, confessi:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Government
acknowledged/generally admitted fact; substance of a confession;
abl. sg.dat. sg. - Entry →confessus, confessi:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Government
one who admits/confesses liability/crime;
abl. sg.dat. sg. - Entry →confiteor, confiteri, confessus sum:
Verb · 2nd conjugation · Deponent
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
confess (w/ACC), admit, acknowledge, reveal, disclose; concede, allow; denote;
abl. sg. perf. part.abl. sg. perf. part.dat. sg. perf. part.dat. sg. perf. part.
Examples
Liber IX
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...divitias, imagines multas, frequens atrium, sed malus ex confesso sit, inprobabis illum; item si quis nihil quidem eorum..."Liber III
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE BENEFICIIS
"...tantum an receperint, sed an dederint, horum in confesso merita sunt, et, quia utile est iuuentuti regi, inposuimus..."de Brevitate Vitae
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...stat. De istis me putas dicere, quorum in confesso mala sunt? Aspice illos ad quorum felicitatem concurritur:bonis..."de Otio
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...quidem iam tenerentur omnia et in aperto et confesso ueritas esset nihilque ex decretis mutaremus! nunc ueritatem..."Liber III
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...quae constet esse honesta et vituperare quae ex confesso sint turpia non est oratoris officium. IV. Illud..."Metamorphoses VII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...quoque muneribus, si munera tanta darentur. haec mihi confesso, laesum prius ulta pudorem, redditur et dulces concorditer exigit..."Dialogus de Oratoribus
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from Minor Works
"...alio mavult nomine appellet, dum modo in confesso sit eminentiorem illorum temporum eloquentiam fuisse; ne illi quidem parti..."
