Dictionary formconfiteor, confiteri, confessus sum
Translation
confess, admit; acknowledge
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He confesses his sins.
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We ought to confess to God.
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He admitted that he had done this.
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They acknowledged their own fault.
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He was unwilling to admit the truth.
Confiteor, confiteri, confessus sum. A second-conjugation deponent from con- plus fateor: passive in form, active in meaning. Confessus sum is "I confessed", never "I was confessed", and the participle confessus is likewise active, so confessus est means he did the confessing.
It takes a direct object for the thing owned up to, peccata confiteri, or an accusative and infinitive for a whole admitted fact. The trap in this corpus is semantic. Ecclesiastical Latin uses confiteri Domino to mean "to give praise to the Lord", and the Psalms are full of it: confitemini Domino is "give thanks", not "own up". Gives confession, confessor and the Confiteor of the Mass.
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 6, lesson 1: confiteor, timor, fuga and 7 more words.