confessum
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;
acc. sg. (m.)acc. sg. (n.)nom. sg. (n.)voc. 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;
acc. sg.gen. pl.nom. sg.voc. sg. - Entry →confessus, confessi:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Government
one who admits/confesses liability/crime;
acc. sg.gen. pl. - 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;
acc. sg. perf. part.acc. sg. perf. part.acc. sg.nom. sg. perf. part.voc. sg. perf. part.
Examples
Liber XII
Aulus Gellius
"...ferre in causa tam ancipiti audebat, quod et confessum ueneficium, quo maritus et filius necati forent, non admittendum..."Liber VI
Aulus Gellius
"...sibi exposcunt consultoris benivolentiam. XXII. Sed quod ait confessum Catonem noluisse Rhodiensis ita depugnari, ut depugnatum est, neque..."Liber VII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...modo. Cogitabam quid primum petitor diceret. Id aut confessum erat aut controversum. Si confessum, non poterat ibi esse..."Liber VI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...illa nobis ipsi respondemus, in hac adversarium quasi confessum tenemus. XIX. Est in primis acuti videre quo iudex..."XIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...quod non tanti videmur, ut negent. porro qui confessum defendit, non absolutionem sceleris petit, sed licentiam. longius ista..."
Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from ACHILLEID
"...Lycomedis in aula est fraude latens, ultro confessum in proelia ducent Peliden; tu cuncta citus de puppe memento..."Liber XI
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...Silio Messalinae datum et indicium offerentem, Vettium Valentem confessum et Pompeium Vrbicum ac Saufeium Trogum ex consciis tradi..."Liber X
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...necesse est in ea re quae et in confessum venit et exemplis defenditur. TRAIANUS PLINIO Potuisti non haerere..."
