cōnfiteor
cōnfiteor
From con- + fateor (“acknowledge, own (up to)”).
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kõːˈfɪ.te.ɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [koɱˈfiː.te.or]
cōnfiteor (present infinitive cōnfitērī or cōnfitērier, perfect active cōnfessus sum); second conjugation, deponent
- to confess, admit
- Synonym: profiteor
- Confiteor Deo omnipotenti...
- I confess to almighty God...
- to acknowledge, agree
- (figuratively) to reveal, show
- (Ecclesiastical Latin) to praise, give thanks
- Confitemini Domino quoniam bonus, quoniam in saeculum misericordia eius.
- Give praise to Lord, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
- Confitemini Domino quoniam bonus, quoniam in saeculum misericordia eius.
Conjugation of cōnfiteor (second conjugation, deponent)
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||||
| active | present | cōnfiteor | cōnfitēris,
cōnfitēre |
cōnfitētur | cōnfitēmur | cōnfitēminī | cōnfitentur | ||||||
| imperfect | cōnfitēbar | cōnfitēbāris,
cōnfitēbāre |
cōnfitēbātur | cōnfitēbāmur | cōnfitēbāminī | cōnfitēbantur | |||||||
| future | cōnfitēbor | cōnfitēberis,
cōnfitēbere |
cōnfitēbitur | cōnfitēbimur | cōnfitēbiminī | cōnfitēbuntur | |||||||
| perfect | cōnfessus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||||||||
| pluperfect | cōnfessus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||||||||
| future perfect | cōnfessus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||||||||
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||||
| active | present | cōnfitear | cōnfiteāris,
cōnfiteāre |
cōnfiteātur | cōnfiteāmur | cōnfiteāminī | cōnfiteantur | ||||||
| imperfect | cōnfitērer | cōnfitērēris,
cōnfitērēre |
cōnfitērētur | cōnfitērēmur | cōnfitērēminī | cōnfitērentur | |||||||
| perfect | cōnfessus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||||||||
| pluperfect | cōnfessus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||||||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||||
| active | present | — | cōnfitēre | — | — | cōnfitēminī | — | ||||||
| future | — | cōnfitētor | cōnfitētor | — | — | cōnfitentor | |||||||
| non-finite forms | infinitive | participle | |||||||||||
| active | passive | active | passive | ||||||||||
| present | cōnfitērī,
cōnfitērier1 |
— | cōnfitēns | — | |||||||||
| future | cōnfessūrum esse | — | cōnfessūrus | cōnfitendus | |||||||||
| perfect | cōnfessum esse | — | cōnfessus | — | |||||||||
| future perfect | cōnfessum fore | — | — | — | |||||||||
| perfect potential | cōnfessūrum fuisse | — | — | — | |||||||||
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||||||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||||||||
| cōnfitendī | cōnfitendō | cōnfitendum | cōnfitendō | cōnfessum | cōnfessū | ||||||||
1The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.