after Christum

1) General subject: Anno Domini, after Christ

2) Religion: A.D., Dominical year

3) Oil: after Christum

4) Drilling: AD (anno Domini)

5) Makarov: A.D. (Anno Domini), AD (Anno Domini)

confĭtĕor, fessus, 2 (arch. inf. confiterier, Plaut. Cist. 1, 3, 22), v. dep. [fateor], to acknowledge, confess, own, avow (an error, mistake, or a fact previously denied or doubted, etc., implying a sacrifice of will or a change of conviction; while fateor expresses a simple acknowledgment, and profiteor a voluntary avowal), to concede, allow, grant (class. in prose and poetry):

quid confitetur, atque ita libenter confitetur, ut non solum fateri sed etiam profiteri videatur?

Cic. Caecin. 9, 24; cf.: hic ego non solum confiteor, verum etiam profiteor, id. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 434, 30:

tacendo loqui, non infitiando confiteri videbantur,

id. Sest. 18, 40.

In gen.

With acc.:

et genus et divitias meas,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 52:

peccatum suum,

Cic. N. D. 2, 4, 11:

amorem nutrici,

Ov. M. 14, 703; cf.:

amorem patris nutrici,

Quint. 9, 2, 64:

crimen,

Curt. 6, 11, 31:

facinus,

id. 8, 8, 2: singula, * Cat. 86, 2: se, to make one's self known (sc. Jovem), Ov. M. 3, 2; cf.

deam,

Verg. A. 2, 591.—With two accs.:

se victos, Cacs. B. C. 1, 84: se imperitum,

Quint. 1, 10, 19:

causam Caesaris meliorem,

id. 5, 11, 42:

hoc de statuis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 60, § 149:

summam infirmitatem de se,

Quint. 2, 4, 28:

de se quid voluerit,

id. 8, 4, 23.—

With acc. and inf.:

hoc confiteor jure mi obtigisse,

Ter. And. 3, 5, 1; id. Heaut. 2, 3, 97; 5, 3, 12:

me abs te cupisse laudari aperte atque ingenue confitebar,

Cic. Fam. 5, 2, 2; 1, 9, 18; id. N. D. 1, 7, 44; Lucr. 1, 271; 1, 826; 2, 691 al.; Quint. 2, 17, 19; 11, 1, 85; Suet. Caes. 52 et saep.—

Absol.:

ut eampse vos audistis confiterier,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 3, 22; Ter. Heaut. 5, 3, 13; id. Phorm. 5, 9 (8), 46:

confitentem audire Torquatum,

Cic. Fin. 2, 7, 21; Ov. M. 2, 52; 13, 270; Curt. 6, 11, 14; Tac. A. 11, 28:

vere,

Ov. R. Am. 318; cf.:

confessae manus,

i. e. confessing defeat, id. M. 5, 215.—

With de:

de maleficio,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 41, 119; so id. ib. 42, 123; Tac. A. 14, 59; cf. supra, a fin. —

Part. perf.: confessus, a, um, in a pass. signif.: aes, Lex XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 15, 13, 11, and 20, 1, 45; Dig. 42, 1, 15; v. under P. a.—Hence,

Esp., after the Aug. per., sometimes, to reveal, manifest, make known, show.

With acc.:

confessa vultibus iram,

Ov. M. 6, 35:

motum animi sui lacrimis,

Quint. 6, 1, 23:

admirationem suam plausu,

id. 8, 3, 3; 9, 4, 39:

cupidinem coëundi,

id. 1, 28, 2. —

With acc. and inf., Quint. 1, 6, 15; 4, 2, 122; Plin. Ep. 3, 14, 3; Pall. Jun. 7, 6.—

In eccl. writers, to confess, own, acknowledge: Christum, Prud. steph. 5, 40.— With dat.:

tibi, Domine,

Vulg. Psa. 137, 1:

nomini tuo,

id. ib. 141, 8.— Absol., Cypr. Ep. 15.— confessus, a, um, P. a.

Act., confessing, that has acknowledged, pleaded guilty, etc.:

reus,

Ov. P. 2, 2, 56:

in judicio reus,

Dig. 48, 4, 4, § 1.— Subst.: confessi, ōrum, m., criminals who have confessed their guilt:

de confessis supplicium sumere,

Sall. C. 52, 36.—

Pass., lit., acknowledged; hence, undoubted, evident, certain, incontrovertible (most freq. in the post-Aug. per.):

ut omnes intellegant, quam improbam, quam manifestam, quam confessam rem pecuniā redimere conetur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 56, § 130:

confessā in re,

Plin. 7, 49, 50, § 164; 20, 11, 45, § 116.—Esp., subst.: confessum, i, n., an undoubted, certain, acknowledged thing, matter:

a confessis transeamus ad dubiā,

Sen. Q. N. 2, 21, 1:

adhuc versamur in confessis,

Quint. 7, 1, 48:

de confessis disserere,

Plin. 10, 49, 70, § 138 al. —Hence the phrases:

ex confesso,

confessedly, beyond doubt, Quint. 3, 5, 3; Sen. Ep. 76, 12:

in confesso esse,

to be notorious, everywhere known, id. Ben. 3, 11, 2; id. Brev. Vit. 2, 3; id. Q. N. 2, 22, 2; Vell. 2, 85, 4; Plin. 35, 8, 34, § 54; Tac. Or. 25; 27:

vita cervis in confesso longa est,

Plin. 8, 32, 50, § 191; Amm. 21, 1, 3:

in confessum venire,

to be generally acknowledged, be well known, Plin. Ep. 10, 81 (85), 8; cf.:

ad liquidum confessumque perducere omnia,

Quint. 5, 14, 28:

pro confesso habere aliquid,

Lact. 2, 8.

confĭtĕor, fessus, 2 (arch. inf. confiterier, Plaut. Cist. 1, 3, 22), v. dep. [fateor], to acknowledge, confess, own, avow (an error, mistake, or a fact previously denied or doubted, etc., implying a sacrifice of will or a change of conviction; while fateor expresses a simple acknowledgment, and profiteor a voluntary avowal), to concede, allow, grant (class. in prose and poetry):

quid confitetur, atque ita libenter confitetur, ut non solum fateri sed etiam profiteri videatur?

Cic. Caecin. 9, 24; cf.: hic ego non solum confiteor, verum etiam profiteor, id. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 434, 30:

tacendo loqui, non infitiando confiteri videbantur,

id. Sest. 18, 40.

In gen.

With acc.:

et genus et divitias meas,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 52:

peccatum suum,

Cic. N. D. 2, 4, 11:

amorem nutrici,

Ov. M. 14, 703; cf.:

amorem patris nutrici,

Quint. 9, 2, 64:

crimen,

Curt. 6, 11, 31:

facinus,

id. 8, 8, 2: singula, * Cat. 86, 2: se, to make one's self known (sc. Jovem), Ov. M. 3, 2; cf.

deam,

Verg. A. 2, 591.—With two accs.:

se victos, Cacs. B. C. 1, 84: se imperitum,

Quint. 1, 10, 19:

causam Caesaris meliorem,

id. 5, 11, 42:

hoc de statuis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 60, § 149:

summam infirmitatem de se,

Quint. 2, 4, 28:

de se quid voluerit,

id. 8, 4, 23.—

With acc. and inf.:

hoc confiteor jure mi obtigisse,

Ter. And. 3, 5, 1; id. Heaut. 2, 3, 97; 5, 3, 12:

me abs te cupisse laudari aperte atque ingenue confitebar,

Cic. Fam. 5, 2, 2; 1, 9, 18; id. N. D. 1, 7, 44; Lucr. 1, 271; 1, 826; 2, 691 al.; Quint. 2, 17, 19; 11, 1, 85; Suet. Caes. 52 et saep.—

Absol.:

ut eampse vos audistis confiterier,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 3, 22; Ter. Heaut. 5, 3, 13; id. Phorm. 5, 9 (8), 46:

confitentem audire Torquatum,

Cic. Fin. 2, 7, 21; Ov. M. 2, 52; 13, 270; Curt. 6, 11, 14; Tac. A. 11, 28:

vere,

Ov. R. Am. 318; cf.:

confessae manus,

i. e. confessing defeat, id. M. 5, 215.—

With de:

de maleficio,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 41, 119; so id. ib. 42, 123; Tac. A. 14, 59; cf. supra, a fin. —

Part. perf.: confessus, a, um, in a pass. signif.: aes, Lex XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 15, 13, 11, and 20, 1, 45; Dig. 42, 1, 15; v. under P. a.—Hence,

Esp., after the Aug. per., sometimes, to reveal, manifest, make known, show.

With acc.:

confessa vultibus iram,

Ov. M. 6, 35:

motum animi sui lacrimis,

Quint. 6, 1, 23:

admirationem suam plausu,

id. 8, 3, 3; 9, 4, 39:

cupidinem coëundi,

id. 1, 28, 2. —

With acc. and inf., Quint. 1, 6, 15; 4, 2, 122; Plin. Ep. 3, 14, 3; Pall. Jun. 7, 6.—

In eccl. writers, to confess, own, acknowledge: Christum, Prud. steph. 5, 40.— With dat.:

tibi, Domine,

Vulg. Psa. 137, 1:

nomini tuo,

id. ib. 141, 8.— Absol., Cypr. Ep. 15.— confessus, a, um, P. a.

Act., confessing, that has acknowledged, pleaded guilty, etc.:

reus,

Ov. P. 2, 2, 56:

in judicio reus,

Dig. 48, 4, 4, § 1.— Subst.: confessi, ōrum, m., criminals who have confessed their guilt:

de confessis supplicium sumere,

Sall. C. 52, 36.—

Pass., lit., acknowledged; hence, undoubted, evident, certain, incontrovertible (most freq. in the post-Aug. per.):

ut omnes intellegant, quam improbam, quam manifestam, quam confessam rem pecuniā redimere conetur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 56, § 130:

confessā in re,

Plin. 7, 49, 50, § 164; 20, 11, 45, § 116.—Esp., subst.: confessum, i, n., an undoubted, certain, acknowledged thing, matter:

a confessis transeamus ad dubiā,

Sen. Q. N. 2, 21, 1:

adhuc versamur in confessis,

Quint. 7, 1, 48:

de confessis disserere,

Plin. 10, 49, 70, § 138 al. —Hence the phrases:

ex confesso,

confessedly, beyond doubt, Quint. 3, 5, 3; Sen. Ep. 76, 12:

in confesso esse,

to be notorious, everywhere known, id. Ben. 3, 11, 2; id. Brev. Vit. 2, 3; id. Q. N. 2, 22, 2; Vell. 2, 85, 4; Plin. 35, 8, 34, § 54; Tac. Or. 25; 27:

vita cervis in confesso longa est,

Plin. 8, 32, 50, § 191; Amm. 21, 1, 3:

in confessum venire,

to be generally acknowledged, be well known, Plin. Ep. 10, 81 (85), 8; cf.:

ad liquidum confessumque perducere omnia,

Quint. 5, 14, 28:

pro confesso habere aliquid,

Lact. 2, 8.

confĭtĕor, fessus, 2 (arch. inf. confiterier, Plaut. Cist. 1, 3, 22), v. dep. [fateor], to acknowledge, confess, own, avow (an error, mistake, or a fact previously denied or doubted, etc., implying a sacrifice of will or a change of conviction; while fateor expresses a simple acknowledgment, and profiteor a voluntary avowal), to concede, allow, grant (class. in prose and poetry):

quid confitetur, atque ita libenter confitetur, ut non solum fateri sed etiam profiteri videatur?

Cic. Caecin. 9, 24; cf.: hic ego non solum confiteor, verum etiam profiteor, id. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 434, 30:

tacendo loqui, non infitiando confiteri videbantur,

id. Sest. 18, 40.

In gen.

With acc.:

et genus et divitias meas,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 52:

peccatum suum,

Cic. N. D. 2, 4, 11:

amorem nutrici,

Ov. M. 14, 703; cf.:

amorem patris nutrici,

Quint. 9, 2, 64:

crimen,

Curt. 6, 11, 31:

facinus,

id. 8, 8, 2: singula, * Cat. 86, 2: se, to make one's self known (sc. Jovem), Ov. M. 3, 2; cf.

deam,

Verg. A. 2, 591.—With two accs.:

se victos, Cacs. B. C. 1, 84: se imperitum,

Quint. 1, 10, 19:

causam Caesaris meliorem,

id. 5, 11, 42:

hoc de statuis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 60, § 149:

summam infirmitatem de se,

Quint. 2, 4, 28:

de se quid voluerit,

id. 8, 4, 23.—

With acc. and inf.:

hoc confiteor jure mi obtigisse,

Ter. And. 3, 5, 1; id. Heaut. 2, 3, 97; 5, 3, 12:

me abs te cupisse laudari aperte atque ingenue confitebar,

Cic. Fam. 5, 2, 2; 1, 9, 18; id. N. D. 1, 7, 44; Lucr. 1, 271; 1, 826; 2, 691 al.; Quint. 2, 17, 19; 11, 1, 85; Suet. Caes. 52 et saep.—

Absol.:

ut eampse vos audistis confiterier,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 3, 22; Ter. Heaut. 5, 3, 13; id. Phorm. 5, 9 (8), 46:

confitentem audire Torquatum,

Cic. Fin. 2, 7, 21; Ov. M. 2, 52; 13, 270; Curt. 6, 11, 14; Tac. A. 11, 28:

vere,

Ov. R. Am. 318; cf.:

confessae manus,

i. e. confessing defeat, id. M. 5, 215.—

With de:

de maleficio,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 41, 119; so id. ib. 42, 123; Tac. A. 14, 59; cf. supra, a fin. —

Part. perf.: confessus, a, um, in a pass. signif.: aes, Lex XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 15, 13, 11, and 20, 1, 45; Dig. 42, 1, 15; v. under P. a.—Hence,

Esp., after the Aug. per., sometimes, to reveal, manifest, make known, show.

With acc.:

confessa vultibus iram,

Ov. M. 6, 35:

motum animi sui lacrimis,

Quint. 6, 1, 23:

admirationem suam plausu,

id. 8, 3, 3; 9, 4, 39:

cupidinem coëundi,

id. 1, 28, 2. —

With acc. and inf., Quint. 1, 6, 15; 4, 2, 122; Plin. Ep. 3, 14, 3; Pall. Jun. 7, 6.—

In eccl. writers, to confess, own, acknowledge: Christum, Prud. steph. 5, 40.— With dat.:

tibi, Domine,

Vulg. Psa. 137, 1:

nomini tuo,

id. ib. 141, 8.— Absol., Cypr. Ep. 15.— confessus, a, um, P. a.

Act., confessing, that has acknowledged, pleaded guilty, etc.:

reus,

Ov. P. 2, 2, 56:

in judicio reus,

Dig. 48, 4, 4, § 1.— Subst.: confessi, ōrum, m., criminals who have confessed their guilt:

de confessis supplicium sumere,

Sall. C. 52, 36.—

Pass., lit., acknowledged; hence, undoubted, evident, certain, incontrovertible (most freq. in the post-Aug. per.):

ut omnes intellegant, quam improbam, quam manifestam, quam confessam rem pecuniā redimere conetur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 56, § 130:

confessā in re,

Plin. 7, 49, 50, § 164; 20, 11, 45, § 116.—Esp., subst.: confessum, i, n., an undoubted, certain, acknowledged thing, matter:

a confessis transeamus ad dubiā,

Sen. Q. N. 2, 21, 1:

adhuc versamur in confessis,

Quint. 7, 1, 48:

de confessis disserere,

Plin. 10, 49, 70, § 138 al. —Hence the phrases:

ex confesso,

confessedly, beyond doubt, Quint. 3, 5, 3; Sen. Ep. 76, 12:

in confesso esse,

to be notorious, everywhere known, id. Ben. 3, 11, 2; id. Brev. Vit. 2, 3; id. Q. N. 2, 22, 2; Vell. 2, 85, 4; Plin. 35, 8, 34, § 54; Tac. Or. 25; 27:

vita cervis in confesso longa est,

Plin. 8, 32, 50, § 191; Amm. 21, 1, 3:

in confessum venire,

to be generally acknowledged, be well known, Plin. Ep. 10, 81 (85), 8; cf.:

ad liquidum confessumque perducere omnia,

Quint. 5, 14, 28:

pro confesso habere aliquid,

Lact. 2, 8.