confertus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of cōnferciō (“press close together”).

Participle

cōnfertus (feminine cōnferta, neuter cōnfertum, comparative confertior, superlative cōnfertissimus, adverb cōnfertim); first/second-declension participle

  1. crowded together
  2. in close order (troops)
  3. dense, compact
  4. crammed with, abounding in

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative cōnfertus cōnferta cōnfertum cōnfertī cōnfertae cōnferta
Genitive cōnfertī cōnfertae cōnfertī cōnfertōrum cōnfertārum cōnfertōrum
Dative cōnfertō cōnfertō cōnfertīs
Accusative cōnfertum cōnfertam cōnfertum cōnfertōs cōnfertās cōnferta
Ablative cōnfertō cōnfertā cōnfertō cōnfertīs
Vocative cōnferte cōnferta cōnfertum cōnfertī cōnfertae cōnferta

References
  • “confertus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “confertus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • confertus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to cut one's way (through the enemies' ranks): ferro viam facere (per confertos hostes)
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