confiteor
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin , "I confess". See confess.
Noun
confiteor (plural confiteors)
- A form of Roman Catholic prayer in which public confession of sins is made.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “confiteor”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Latin
Etymology
From con- + fateor (“acknowledge, own (up to)”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /konˈfi.te.or/, [kõːˈfɪt̪eɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /konˈfi.te.or/, [koɱˈfiːt̪eor]
Verb
cōnfiteor (present infinitive cōnfitērī or cōnfitērier, perfect active cōnfessus sum); second conjugation, deponent
- I confess, admit
- Confiteor Deo omnipotenti...
- I confess to almighty God...
- I acknowledge, agree
- (figuratively) I reveal, show.
- (Ecclesiastical Latin) I praise, give thanks.
- Confitemini Domino quoniam bonus, quoniam in saeculum misericordia eius.
- Give praise to Lord, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Conjugation
1The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.
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References
- “confiteor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “confiteor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- confiteor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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