"confessus" meaning in Latin

See confessus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: [kõːˈfɛs.sʊs] [Classical-Latin], [koɱˈfɛs.sus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Perfect active participle of cōnfiteor (“to confess, acknowledge”). Head templates: {{la-part|cōnfessus}} cōnfessus (feminine cōnfessa, neuter cōnfessum); first/second-declension participle Inflection templates: {{la-adecl|cōnfessus}} Forms: cōnfessus [canonical], cōnfessa [feminine], cōnfessum [neuter], no-table-tags [table-tags], cōnfessus [masculine, nominative, singular], cōnfessa [feminine, nominative, singular], cōnfessum [neuter, nominative, singular], cōnfessī [masculine, nominative, plural], cōnfessae [feminine, nominative, plural], cōnfessa [neuter, nominative, plural], cōnfessī [genitive, masculine, singular], cōnfessae [feminine, genitive, singular], cōnfessī [genitive, neuter, singular], cōnfessōrum [genitive, masculine, plural], cōnfessārum [feminine, genitive, plural], cōnfessōrum [genitive, neuter, plural], cōnfessō [dative, masculine, singular], cōnfessae [dative, feminine, singular], cōnfessō [dative, neuter, singular], cōnfessīs [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], cōnfessum [accusative, masculine, singular], cōnfessam [accusative, feminine, singular], cōnfessum [accusative, neuter, singular], cōnfessōs [accusative, masculine, plural], cōnfessās [accusative, feminine, plural], cōnfessa [accusative, neuter, plural], cōnfessō [ablative, masculine, singular], cōnfessā [ablative, feminine, singular], cōnfessō [ablative, neuter, singular], cōnfessīs [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], cōnfesse [masculine, singular, vocative], cōnfessa [feminine, singular, vocative], cōnfessum [neuter, singular, vocative], cōnfessī [masculine, plural, vocative], cōnfessae [feminine, plural, vocative], cōnfessa [neuter, plural, vocative]
  1. having confessed, acknowledged Tags: active, declension-1, declension-2, form-of, participle, perfect Form of: cōnfiteor (extra: to confess, acknowledge)
    Sense id: en-confessus-la-verb-UkZ1Ufpx Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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      "word": "confés"
    },
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      "lang_code": "it",
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    },
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      "lang_code": "fro",
      "word": "confés"
    },
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      "lang_code": "fro",
      "word": "confes"
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  "pos": "verb",
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          "parents": [],
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      "ipa": "[kõːˈfɛs.sʊs]",
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      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
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}
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        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cōnfessō",
      "links": [
        [
          "cōnfessō",
          "confesso#Latin"
        ]
      ],
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      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cōnfessā",
      "links": [
        [
          "cōnfessā",
          "confessa#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cōnfessō",
      "links": [
        [
          "cōnfessō",
          "confesso#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cōnfessīs",
      "links": [
        [
          "cōnfessīs",
          "confessis#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cōnfesse",
      "links": [
        [
          "cōnfesse",
          "confesse#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cōnfessa",
      "links": [
        [
          "cōnfessa",
          "confessa#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cōnfessum",
      "links": [
        [
          "cōnfessum",
          "confessum#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cōnfessī",
      "links": [
        [
          "cōnfessī",
          "confessi#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cōnfessae",
      "links": [
        [
          "cōnfessae",
          "confessae#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cōnfessa",
      "links": [
        [
          "cōnfessa",
          "confessa#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cōnfessus"
      },
      "expansion": "cōnfessus (feminine cōnfessa, neuter cōnfessum); first/second-declension participle",
      "name": "la-part"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cōnfessus"
      },
      "name": "la-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin 3-syllable words",
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin first and second declension participles",
        "Latin non-lemma forms",
        "Latin participles",
        "Latin perfect participles",
        "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "extra": "to confess, acknowledge",
          "word": "cōnfiteor"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "having confessed, acknowledged"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "confessed",
          "confessed"
        ],
        [
          "acknowledged",
          "acknowledged"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2",
        "form-of",
        "participle",
        "perfect"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[kõːˈfɛs.sʊs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[koɱˈfɛs.sus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "confessus"
}

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