diffiteor

Latin

Etymology

From dis- +‎ fateor (“acknowledge”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /difˈfi.te.or/, [d̪ɪfˈfɪt̪eɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /difˈfi.te.or/, [d̪ifˈfiːt̪eor]

Verb

diffiteor (present infinitive diffitērī, perfect active diffessus sum); second conjugation, deponent

1. to deny, disavow, disown

Conjugation

Conjugation of diffiteor (second conjugation, no supine stem, deponent, no perfect stem)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	diffiteor	diffitēris, diffitēre	diffitētur	diffitēmur	diffitēminī	diffitentur
	imperfect	diffitēbar	diffitēbāris, diffitēbāre	diffitēbātur	diffitēbāmur	diffitēbāminī	diffitēbantur
	future	diffitēbor	diffitēberis, diffitēbere	diffitēbitur	diffitēbimur	diffitēbiminī	diffitēbuntur
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	diffitear	diffiteāris, diffiteāre	diffiteātur	diffiteāmur	diffiteāminī	diffiteantur
	imperfect	diffitērer	diffitērēris, diffitērēre	diffitērētur	diffitērēmur	diffitērēminī	diffitērentur
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	diffitēre	—	—	diffitēminī	—
	future	—	diffitētor	diffitētor	—	—	diffitentor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		diffitērī	—	—	—	—	—
participles		diffitēns	—	—	—	—	diffitendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		diffitendī	diffitendō	diffitendum	diffitendō	—	—

Related terms

• cōnfiteor
• fateor
• profiteor

References

• “diffiteor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “diffiteor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• diffiteor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.