English

Noun

confessio ‎(plural confessiones)

1. (law) A confession; A defense of one's faith, or a confession of guilt.

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /konˈfes.si.oː/, [kõːˈfɛs.si.oː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /konˈfes.si.o/

Noun

cōnfessiō f ‎(genitive cōnfessiōnis); third declension

1. a confession, acknowledgment
2. (ecclesiastical) creed or avowal of one's faith

Inflection

Third declension.

Related terms

• cōnfessor
• cōnfiteor

Descendants

• English: confessio amantis, confession
• French: confession
• Old Irish: cobais
• Russian: конфе́ссия ‎(konféssija)
• Spanish: confesión

References

• confessio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• confessio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• CONFESSIO in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “confessio”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• confessio in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• confessio in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin