confessus
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;
nom. sg. (m.) - Entry →confessus, confessi:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Government
one who admits/confesses liability/crime;
nom. 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;
nom. sg. perf. part.
Examples
- T
Mostellaria
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...Negitat in>quam. TR. Cogita: Dicam si confessus sit. quid nunc faciundum censes? TR. Egon quid censeam? cape..." - T
Captivi
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...TYND. Fecit officium hic suom, cum tibi est confessus verum, quam volui sedulo meam nobilitatem occultare et genus..." - T
Amphitruo
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...tonitru voce missa ex aethere adulterum se Iuppiter confessus est. ARGVMENTVM II Amore captus Alcumenas Iuppiter Mutavit sese..." - A
Liber I
Aulus Gellius
"...comprenderetur. De molestia igitur cunctis hominibus notissima confessus eaque confessione fidem sedulitatis veritatisque commeritus, tum denique facile..." - C
Epaminondas
Cornelius Nepos
"...quae adversarii crimini dabant, omniaque, quae collegae dixerant, confessus est neque recusavit, quo minus legis poenam subiret..." - L
Liber IV
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...euitando ineuitabili malo pertinaciam te suspicere confessus es, quia speraueras posse apertis auribus recipi, quamuis blanda diceres, quia..." - G
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...vitibus hederisque redimitus, modo Bromium, interdum Lyaeum Euhiumque confessus, calathisco uvas circumtulit, et poemata domini sui acutissima voce..." - T
Truculentus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...CYAM. Quid nunc ergo hic odiosu's, confessus omnino reus? S. Perii hercle hodie, nisi hunc..."
