confuto

See also: confutò

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /konˈfu.to/
• Rhymes: -uto
• Hyphenation: con‧fù‧to

Verb

confuto

1. first-person singular present indicative of confutare

Latin

Etymology

From con- +‎ *fūtō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /konˈfuː.toː/, [kõːˈfuːt̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /konˈfu.to/, [koɱˈfuːt̪o]

Verb

cōnfūtō (present infinitive cōnfūtāre, perfect active cōnfūtāvī, supine cōnfūtātum); first conjugation

1. to suppress, restrain, check
2. to repress, diminish, impede, destroy
3. to refute, confute, disprove
4. to convict

Conjugation

Conjugation of cōnfūtō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	cōnfūtō	cōnfūtās	cōnfūtat	cōnfūtāmus	cōnfūtātis	cōnfūtant
	imperfect	cōnfūtābam	cōnfūtābās	cōnfūtābat	cōnfūtābāmus	cōnfūtābātis	cōnfūtābant
	future	cōnfūtābō	cōnfūtābis	cōnfūtābit	cōnfūtābimus	cōnfūtābitis	cōnfūtābunt
	perfect	cōnfūtāvī	cōnfūtāvistī	cōnfūtāvit	cōnfūtāvimus	cōnfūtāvistis	cōnfūtāvērunt, cōnfūtāvēre
	pluperfect	cōnfūtāveram	cōnfūtāverās	cōnfūtāverat	cōnfūtāverāmus	cōnfūtāverātis	cōnfūtāverant
	future perfect	cōnfūtāverō	cōnfūtāveris	cōnfūtāverit	cōnfūtāverimus	cōnfūtāveritis	cōnfūtāverint
passive	present	cōnfūtor	cōnfūtāris, cōnfūtāre	cōnfūtātur	cōnfūtāmur	cōnfūtāminī	cōnfūtantur
	imperfect	cōnfūtābar	cōnfūtābāris, cōnfūtābāre	cōnfūtābātur	cōnfūtābāmur	cōnfūtābāminī	cōnfūtābantur
	future	cōnfūtābor	cōnfūtāberis, cōnfūtābere	cōnfūtābitur	cōnfūtābimur	cōnfūtābiminī	cōnfūtābuntur
	perfect	cōnfūtātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	cōnfūtātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	cōnfūtātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	cōnfūtem	cōnfūtēs	cōnfūtet	cōnfūtēmus	cōnfūtētis	cōnfūtent
	imperfect	cōnfūtārem	cōnfūtārēs	cōnfūtāret	cōnfūtārēmus	cōnfūtārētis	cōnfūtārent
	perfect	cōnfūtāverim	cōnfūtāverīs	cōnfūtāverit	cōnfūtāverīmus	cōnfūtāverītis	cōnfūtāverint
	pluperfect	cōnfūtāvissem	cōnfūtāvissēs	cōnfūtāvisset	cōnfūtāvissēmus	cōnfūtāvissētis	cōnfūtāvissent
passive	present	cōnfūter	cōnfūtēris, cōnfūtēre	cōnfūtētur	cōnfūtēmur	cōnfūtēminī	cōnfūtentur
	imperfect	cōnfūtārer	cōnfūtārēris, cōnfūtārēre	cōnfūtārētur	cōnfūtārēmur	cōnfūtārēminī	cōnfūtārentur
	perfect	cōnfūtātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	cōnfūtātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	cōnfūtā	—	—	cōnfūtāte	—
	future	—	cōnfūtātō	cōnfūtātō	—	cōnfūtātōte	cōnfūtantō
passive	present	—	cōnfūtāre	—	—	cōnfūtāminī	—
	future	—	cōnfūtātor	cōnfūtātor	—	—	cōnfūtantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		cōnfūtāre	cōnfūtāvisse	cōnfūtātūrum esse	cōnfūtārī	cōnfūtātum esse	cōnfūtātum īrī
participles		cōnfūtāns	—	cōnfūtātūrus	—	cōnfūtātus	cōnfūtandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		cōnfūtandī	cōnfūtandō	cōnfūtandum	cōnfūtandō	cōnfūtātum	cōnfūtātū

Descendants

• English: confute
• Dutch: confuteren
• French: confuter
• German: konfutieren
• Italian: confutare
• Spanish: confutar

References

• “confuto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “confuto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• confuto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to refute arguments: argumenta refellere, confutare