confitens

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Present active participle of cōnfiteor (confess, acknowledge)

Participle[edit]

cōnfitēns (genitive cōnfitentis); third-declension one-termination participle

  1. confessing, acknowledging
    Habemus confitentem reum.
    Here we have before us an accused one who pleads guilty.

Declension[edit]

Third-declension participle.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative cōnfitēns cōnfitentēs cōnfitentia
Genitive cōnfitentis cōnfitentium
Dative cōnfitentī cōnfitentibus
Accusative cōnfitentem cōnfitēns cōnfitentēs
cōnfitentīs
cōnfitentia
Ablative cōnfitente
cōnfitentī1
cōnfitentibus
Vocative cōnfitēns cōnfitentēs cōnfitentia

1When used purely as an adjective.