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confuto
confuto
See also: confutò
Latin
Etymology
From con- + *fūtō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /konˈfuː.toː/, [kõːˈfuː.toː]
Verb
cōnfūtō (present infinitive cōnfūtāre, perfect active cōnfūtāvī, supine cōnfūtātum); first conjugation
- I suppress, restrain, check
- I repress, diminish, impede, destroy
- I refute, confute, disprove
- I convict
Inflection
References
- confuto in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- confuto in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “confuto”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to refute arguments: argumenta refellere, confutare
- to refute arguments: argumenta refellere, confutare