confirmo
See also: confirmó
Catalan
Verb
confirmo
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Latin
Etymology
From con- (“with, together”) + firmō (“strengthen, fortify”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /konˈfir.moː/, [kõːˈfɪrmoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /konˈfir.mo/, [koɱˈfirmo]
Verb
cōnfirmō (present infinitive cōnfirmāre, perfect active cōnfirmāvī, supine cōnfirmātum); first conjugation
- I make firm, establish, strengthen, fortify, mature, confirm.
- I encourage, animate, embolden; persuade.
- (by extension) I demonstrate, corroborate, support, prove or confirm the truth of something; assert, affirm.
Conjugation
1At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- Italian: confermare
- Norman: confirmer (Jersey)
- Portuguese: confirmar
- Spanish: confirmar
References
- “confirmo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “confirmo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- confirmo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to quote precedents for a thing: aliquid exemplis probare, comprobare, confirmare
- to prove a thing indisputably: argumentis confirmare, comprobare, evincere aliquid (or c. Acc. c. Inf.)
- to strengthen, confirm a person's courage: animum alicuius confirmare
- to strengthen a person in his hopes: spem alicuius confirmare
- to weaken, destroy a man's credit: fidem alicuius imminuere, infirmare (opp. confirmare)
- to encourage, embolden the soldiery: animos militum confirmare (B. G. 5. 49)
- to quote precedents for a thing: aliquid exemplis probare, comprobare, confirmare
Portuguese
Verb
confirmo
Spanish
Pronunciation
Verb
confirmo
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