confitens
Latin
Etymology
Present active participle of cōnfiteor (“confess, acknowledge”)
Participle
cōnfitēns m or f or n (genitive cōnfitentis); third declension
- confessing, acknowledging
- Habemus confitentem reum.
- Here we have before us an accused one who pleads guilty.
Declension
Third declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | cōnfitēns | cōnfitēns | cōnfitentēs | cōnfitentia | |
| Genitive | cōnfitentis | cōnfitentis | cōnfitentium | cōnfitentium | |
| Dative | cōnfitentī | cōnfitentī | cōnfitentibus | cōnfitentibus | |
| Accusative | cōnfitentem | cōnfitēns | cōnfitentēs, cōnfitentīs | cōnfitentia | |
| Ablative | cōnfitente, cōnfitentī1 | cōnfitente, cōnfitentī1 | cōnfitentibus | cōnfitentibus | |
| Vocative | cōnfitēns | cōnfitēns | cōnfitentēs | cōnfitentia | |
1When used purely as an adjective.