confinis

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /konˈfiː.nis/, [kõːˈfiːnɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /konˈfi.nis/, [koɱˈfiːnis]

Adjective

cōnfīnis (neuter cōnfīne); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. bordering on, adjoining, contiguous

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	cōnfīnis	cōnfīne		cōnfīnēs	cōnfīnia
Genitive	cōnfīnis			cōnfīnium
Dative	cōnfīnī			cōnfīnibus
Accusative	cōnfīnem	cōnfīne		cōnfīnēs cōnfīnīs	cōnfīnia
Ablative	cōnfīnī			cōnfīnibus
Vocative	cōnfīnis	cōnfīne		cōnfīnēs	cōnfīnia

Descendants

• Albanian: kufi
• English: confine
• French: confins
• Istriot: confeîn
• Italian: confine

• Ladin: cunfin
• Romansch: cunfin
• Portuguese: confim
• Spanish: confín

References

• “confinis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “confinis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• confinis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• confinis in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016