confossus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of cōnfodiō (“dig up, over or round about; pierce, stab”).

Participle

cōnfossus (feminine cōnfossa, neuter cōnfossum); first/second-declension participle

  1. Dug up, over or round about, prepared by digging; having been prepared by digging.
  2. Struck down by stabbing, pierced, stabbed, transfixed, damaged, having been stabbed
  3. (figuratively) Pierced or punctured through, full of holes.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative cōnfossus cōnfossa cōnfossum cōnfossī cōnfossae cōnfossa
Genitive cōnfossī cōnfossae cōnfossī cōnfossōrum cōnfossārum cōnfossōrum
Dative cōnfossō cōnfossō cōnfossīs
Accusative cōnfossum cōnfossam cōnfossum cōnfossōs cōnfossās cōnfossa
Ablative cōnfossō cōnfossā cōnfossō cōnfossīs
Vocative cōnfosse cōnfossa cōnfossum cōnfossī cōnfossae cōnfossa

References
  • “confossus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “confossus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • confossus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
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