confusus

Latin

Etymology

The perfect passive participle of cōnfundere (“to pour together; to mix; to confuse”), from con- (“with, together”) +‎ fundere (“to pour”), q.v.

Pronunciation

Participle

cōnfūsus (feminine cōnfūsa, neuter cōnfūsum, comparative cōnfūsior, superlative cōnfūsissimus); first/second-declension participle

  1. mixed, mingled, having been poured together
  2. united, joined, having been combined
  3. confounded, confused, having been brought into disorder

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative cōnfūsus cōnfūsa cōnfūsum cōnfūsī cōnfūsae cōnfūsa
genitive cōnfūsī cōnfūsae cōnfūsī cōnfūsōrum cōnfūsārum cōnfūsōrum
dative cōnfūsō cōnfūsae cōnfūsō cōnfūsīs
accusative cōnfūsum cōnfūsam cōnfūsum cōnfūsōs cōnfūsās cōnfūsa
ablative cōnfūsō cōnfūsā cōnfūsō cōnfūsīs
vocative cōnfūse cōnfūsa cōnfūsum cōnfūsī cōnfūsae cōnfūsa

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Catalan: confós
  • → French: confus
  • → German: konfus
  • Italian: confuso
  • → English: confuse
  • → Portuguese: confuso
  • → Romanian: confuz
  • → Spanish: confuso

References

  • “confusus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “confusus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • confusus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to arrange on strictly logical principles: ratione, eleganter (opp. nulla ratione, ineleganter, confuse) disponere aliquid
    • to be confused: confusum, perturbatum esse
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