cōnfessio

cōnfessio

From cōnfiteor (“to confess, to acknowledge”) +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kõːˈfɛs.si.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [koɱˈfɛs.si.o]

Noun

cōnfessiō f (genitive cōnfessiōnis); third declension

1. a confession, acknowledgment
2. (Ecclesiastical Latin) creed or avowal of one's faith
3. (Ecclesiastical Latin) confession (disclosure of one's sins to a priest in order to receive absolution from God)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	cōnfessiō	cōnfessiōnēs
genitive	cōnfessiōnis	cōnfessiōnum
dative	cōnfessiōnī	cōnfessiōnibus
accusative	cōnfessiōnem	cōnfessiōnēs
ablative	cōnfessiōne	cōnfessiōnibus
vocative	cōnfessiō	cōnfessiōnēs