confutare
Dictionary entries
- Entry →confuto, confutare, confutavi, confutatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
restrain, check, repress, dampen, suppress, diminish; keep from boiling over;; abash, silence (accuser); shock; disprove, refute; convict of error; put down;
sg. pres. pass. imp. 2ndsg. pres. pass. ind. 2ndpres. act. infin.
Examples
Liber VI
Aulus Gellius
"...verecundisque sententiis commulcere, non iniuris atque imperiosis minationibus confutare." Ipsum deinde principium apposuit, cuius verba haec sunt: "Scio..."Liber VI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...quibus moti bellum indixistis, etsi revicta rebus verbis confutare nihil attinet, tamen, etiamsi vera sint, vel fateri nobis..."
