confuse
Dictionary entries
- Entry →confundo, confundere, confudi, confusus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
pour/mix/mass/bring together; combine/unite/blend/merge; spread over, diffuse;; upset/confuse; blur/jumble; bring disorder/ruin; disfigure; bewilder, dismay;
voc. sg. perf. pass. part. - Entry →confusus, confusa -um, confusior -or -us, confusissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
mixed together/jumbled/disordered; in disorder; indistinct; inarticulate;; confused/perplexed, troubled; vague/indefinite, obscure; embarrassed/blushing;
voc. sg. (m.) - Entry →confuse, confusius, confusissime:
Adverb
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
in a confused/disorderly/perplexed way, fumblingly; indiscriminately; vaguely;
Examples
Liber VII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...impotens cursus. Ad cometas idem transferamus: non confuse nec tumultuose eunt, ut aliquis credat illos causis turbulentis..."Liber Secundus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...sane concedamus. contemnit enim disserendi elegantiam, confuse loquitur. gerendus est mos, modo recte sentiat. et quidem illud ipsum..."
