confusio

See also: confusió

Latin

Etymology

From cōnfundō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

Noun

cōnfūsiō f (genitive cōnfūsiōnis); third declension

  1. mingling, mixing, blending; mixture, union
  2. confounding, confusion, disorder
  3. trouble

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative cōnfūsiō cōnfūsiōnēs
genitive cōnfūsiōnis cōnfūsiōnum
dative cōnfūsiōnī cōnfūsiōnibus
accusative cōnfūsiōnem cōnfūsiōnēs
ablative cōnfūsiōne cōnfūsiōnibus
vocative cōnfūsiō cōnfūsiōnēs

Descendants

  • Catalan: confusió
  • English: confusion
  • French: confusion
  • Friulian: confusie
  • German: Konfusion
  • Italian: confusione
  • Norwegian Bokmål: konfusjon
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: konfusjon
  • Portuguese: confusão
  • Romanian: confuzie
  • Sicilian: cunfusiuni
  • Spanish: confusión
  • Venetan: confuxion

References

  • confusio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • confusio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "confusio", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • confusio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • confusio”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • confusio”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin