confessus: Difference between revisions
καλῶς δρῶν ἐξαμαρτεῖν μᾶλλον ἢ νικᾶν κακῶς → I would prefer to fail with honor than to win by evil | I prefer to fail by acting rightly rather than win by acting wrongly | Better fail by doing right, than win by doing wrong (Sophocles, Philoctetes 95)
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Revision as of 01:25, 28 February 2019
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
confessus: a, um, Part., from confiteor.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
cōnfessus,¹⁴ a, um, part. de confiteor,
1 qui avoue [sa faute, sa culpabilité] : de confessis sicuti de manufestis supplicium sumere Sall. C. 52, 36, châtier ceux qui ont avoué comme s’ils avaient été pris en flagrant délit ; a nobis ut a confessis res repetuntur Liv. 21, 18, 5, on nous demande satisfaction comme à des gens qui ont avoué
2 [sens passif] avoué : æs confessum xii Tab. d. Gell. 15, 13, 11 ; 20, 1, 45, dette reconnue ; ut omnes intellegant quam improbam, quam manifestam, quam confessam rem pecunia redimere conentur Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 130, pour faire comprendre à tous quel crime infâme, manifeste, avoué, on veut racheter à prix d’argent || n. pris substt : in confessum venire Plin. Min. Ep. 10, 81, 7, venir [à l’état de chose manifeste à la connaissance de tous ; in confesso esse Sen. Ben. 3, 11, 2, être incontesté (5, 17, 5 ; Nat. 2, 21, 1, etc.) ; dum modo in confesso sit eminentiorem illorum temporum eloquentiam fuisse Tac. D. 25, pourvu qu’on reconnaisse que l’éloquence d’autrefois était supérieure ; ex confesso Sen. Ep. 76, 12, etc., manifestement, incontestablement || pl. n. confessa, choses évidentes, incontestables : Sen. Nat. 2, 21, 1 ; Plin. 2, 55 ; 30, 97, etc.; Quint. 5, 10, 95 ; 5, 14, 14, etc.
Latin > German (Georges)
cōnfessus, a, um, s. cōn-fiteor.
Latin > English
confessus confessa, confessum ADJ :: admitted, acknowledged; generally admitted, manifest, obvious; confessed
confessus confessus confessi N M :: one who admits/confesses liability/crime
