confisco

See also: confiscó and confiscò

Catalan

Verb

confisco

1. first-person singular present indicative of confiscar

Italian

Verb

confisco

1. first-person singular present indicative of confiscare

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Proto-Italic *kom-

Latin con-

Latin fiscus

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin cōnfiscō

From con- + fiscus + -ō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kõːˈfɪs.koː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [koɱˈfis.ko]

Verb

cōnfiscō (present infinitive cōnfiscāre, perfect active cōnfiscāvī, supine cōnfiscātum); first conjugation

1. to seize for the public treasury; to confiscate

Conjugation

   Conjugation of cōnfiscō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	cōnfiscō		cōnfiscās		cōnfiscat		cōnfiscāmus		cōnfiscātis		cōnfiscant
	imperfect	cōnfiscābam		cōnfiscābās		cōnfiscābat		cōnfiscābāmus		cōnfiscābātis		cōnfiscābant
	future	cōnfiscābō		cōnfiscābis		cōnfiscābit		cōnfiscābimus		cōnfiscābitis		cōnfiscābunt
	perfect	cōnfiscāvī		cōnfiscāvistī		cōnfiscāvit		cōnfiscāvimus		cōnfiscāvistis		cōnfiscāvērunt, cōnfiscāvēre
	pluperfect	cōnfiscāveram		cōnfiscāverās		cōnfiscāverat		cōnfiscāverāmus		cōnfiscāverātis		cōnfiscāverant
	future perfect	cōnfiscāverō		cōnfiscāveris		cōnfiscāverit		cōnfiscāverimus		cōnfiscāveritis		cōnfiscāverint
passive	present	cōnfiscor		cōnfiscāris, cōnfiscāre		cōnfiscātur		cōnfiscāmur		cōnfiscāminī		cōnfiscantur
	imperfect	cōnfiscābar		cōnfiscābāris, cōnfiscābāre		cōnfiscābātur		cōnfiscābāmur		cōnfiscābāminī		cōnfiscābantur
	future	cōnfiscābor		cōnfiscāberis, cōnfiscābere		cōnfiscābitur		cōnfiscābimur		cōnfiscābiminī		cōnfiscābuntur
	perfect	cōnfiscātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	cōnfiscātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	cōnfiscātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	cōnfiscem		cōnfiscēs		cōnfiscet		cōnfiscēmus		cōnfiscētis		cōnfiscent
	imperfect	cōnfiscārem		cōnfiscārēs		cōnfiscāret		cōnfiscārēmus		cōnfiscārētis		cōnfiscārent
	perfect	cōnfiscāverim		cōnfiscāverīs		cōnfiscāverit		cōnfiscāverīmus		cōnfiscāverītis		cōnfiscāverint
	pluperfect	cōnfiscāvissem		cōnfiscāvissēs		cōnfiscāvisset		cōnfiscāvissēmus		cōnfiscāvissētis		cōnfiscāvissent
passive	present	cōnfiscer		cōnfiscēris, cōnfiscēre		cōnfiscētur		cōnfiscēmur		cōnfiscēminī		cōnfiscentur
	imperfect	cōnfiscārer		cōnfiscārēris, cōnfiscārēre		cōnfiscārētur		cōnfiscārēmur		cōnfiscārēminī		cōnfiscārentur
	perfect	cōnfiscātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	cōnfiscātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		cōnfiscā		—		—		cōnfiscāte		—
	future	—		cōnfiscātō		cōnfiscātō		—		cōnfiscātōte		cōnfiscantō
passive	present	—		cōnfiscāre		—		—		cōnfiscāminī		—
	future	—		cōnfiscātor		cōnfiscātor		—		—		cōnfiscantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		cōnfiscāre			cōnfiscārī			cōnfiscāns			—
future		cōnfiscātūrum esse			cōnfiscātum īrī			cōnfiscātūrus			cōnfiscandus
perfect		cōnfiscāvisse			cōnfiscātum esse			—			cōnfiscātus
future perfect		—			cōnfiscātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		cōnfiscātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		cōnfiscandī		cōnfiscandō		cōnfiscandum		cōnfiscandō		cōnfiscātum		cōnfiscātū

Descendants

• Bulgarian: конфискувам (konfiskuvam)
• Catalan: confiscar
• Danish: konfiskere
• Dutch: confisqueren
• English: confiscate
• Esperanto: konfiski
• French: confisquer
• Galician: confiscar
• Ancient Greek: ὁ φίσκος ἀναλαμβάνει (ho phískos analambánei)
• German: konfiszieren
• Ido: konfiskar
• Italian: confiscare
• Norman: confistchi (Jersey)
• Occitan: confiscar
• Polish: konfiskować
• Portuguese: confiscar
• Romanian: confisca
• Russian: конфисковать (konfiskovatʹ)
• Spanish: confiscar
• Swedish: konfiskera

References

• “confisco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “confisco”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõˈfis.ku/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõˈfis.ku/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kõˈfiʃ.ku/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõˈfis.ko/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõˈfiʃ.ku/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -isku, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -iʃku
• Hyphenation: con‧fis‧co

Etymology 1

Deverbal from confiscar.

Noun

confisco m (plural confiscos)

1. confiscation (the act or process of confiscating something)

   Synonym: confiscação

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

confisco

1. first-person singular present indicative of confiscar

Further reading

• “confisco”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “confisco”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Verb

confisco

1. first-person singular present indicative of confiscar