confertus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Perfect passive participle of cōnferciō (“press close together”).
Participle edit
cōnfertus (feminine cōnferta, neuter cōnfertum, comparative confertior, superlative cōnfertissimus, adverb cōnfertim); first/second-declension participle
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | cōnfertus | cōnferta | cōnfertum | cōnfertī | cōnfertae | cōnferta | |
| Genitive | cōnfertī | cōnfertae | cōnfertī | cōnfertōrum | cōnfertārum | cōnfertōrum | |
| Dative | cōnfertō | cōnfertō | cōnfertīs | ||||
| Accusative | cōnfertum | cōnfertam | cōnfertum | cōnfertōs | cōnfertās | cōnferta | |
| Ablative | cōnfertō | cōnfertā | cōnfertō | cōnfertīs | |||
| Vocative | cōnferte | cōnferta | cōnfertum | cōnfertī | cōnfertae | cōnferta | |
References edit
- “confertus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “confertus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- confertus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to cut one's way (through the enemies' ranks): ferro viam facere (per confertos hostes)
- to cut one's way (through the enemies' ranks): ferro viam facere (per confertos hostes)