confossus
Latin
Etymology
Perfect passive participle of cōnfodiō (“dig up, over or round about; pierce, stab”).
Participle
cōnfossus m (feminine cōnfossa, neuter cōnfossum); first/second declension
- Dug up, over or round about, prepared by digging; having been prepared by digging.
- Struck down by stabbing, pierced, stabbed, transfixed, damaged, having been stabbed
- (figuratively) Pierced or punctured through, full of holes.
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | cōnfossus | cōnfossa | cōnfossum | cōnfossī | cōnfossae | cōnfossa | |
| Genitive | cōnfossī | cōnfossae | cōnfossī | cōnfossōrum | cōnfossārum | cōnfossōrum | |
| Dative | cōnfossō | cōnfossō | cōnfossīs | ||||
| Accusative | cōnfossum | cōnfossam | cōnfossum | cōnfossōs | cōnfossās | cōnfossa | |
| Ablative | cōnfossō | cōnfossā | cōnfossō | cōnfossīs | |||
| Vocative | cōnfosse | cōnfossa | cōnfossum | cōnfossī | cōnfossae | cōnfossa | |
References
- confossus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- confossus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- confossus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette