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1 profiteor
profiteor fessus, ērī, dep. [pro+fateor], to declare publicly, own freely, acknowledge, avow, confess openly, profess: non solum fateri, sed etiam profiteri: fateor atque etiam profiteor: apertissime studium suum: se nullum periculum recusare, Cs.: hoc me rei p. causā facere: professus se petere, avowing himself a candidate, L.—With two accs., to avow oneself, profess to be: se grammaticum: huic me belli ducem: (te) amicum, H.— To follow as a pursuit, profess: philosophiam: ius, O.— To offer freely, propose voluntarily, promise, display: iudicium, testify voluntarily, S.: se ad eam rem adiutorem, Cs.: tibi meum studium: Sumunt gentiles arma professa manus, i. e. as volunteers, O.: Inceptis magna professis Adsuitur pannus, making great promises, H.: nomina, i. e. come forward as candidates, L.— To make a public statement of, report, return, state: iugera sationum suarum: frumentum, L.: professae (sc. feminae), i. e. registered as public women, O.: in his nomen suom, classes himself, T.* * *profiteri, professus sum V DEPdeclare; profess -
2 cōnfiteor
cōnfiteor fessus, ērī, dep. [com- + fateor], to acknowledge, confess, own, avow, concede, allow, grant: confitere, T.: confitentem audire alqm: non infitiando confiteri videbantur: Confessas manūs tendens, in surrender, O.: scelus: amorem nutrici, O.: se victos, Cs.: se, reveal, O.: deam, V.: se hostem: hoc de statuis: hoc confiteor iure Mi obtigisse, T.: sese plurimum ei debere, Cs.: largitionem factam esse: O cui debere salutem confiteor, O.—Fig., to reveal, manifest, show: confessa voltibus iram, O.* * *confiteri, confessus sum V DEPconfess (w/ACC), admit, acknowledge, reveal, disclose; concede, allow; denote -
3 deaduoco
deaduocare, deaduocavi, deaduocatus V -
4 confessi
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):I.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.(α).With acc.:(β).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.:(γ).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.:(δ).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:b.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,II.Esp., after the Aug. per., sometimes, to reveal, manifest, make known, show.(α).With acc.:(β).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.—III.In eccl. writers, to confess, own, acknowledge: Christum, Prud. steph. 5, 40.— With dat.:1.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.:2.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,
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5 confessum
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):I.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.(α).With acc.:(β).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.:(γ).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.:(δ).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:b.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,II.Esp., after the Aug. per., sometimes, to reveal, manifest, make known, show.(α).With acc.:(β).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.—III.In eccl. writers, to confess, own, acknowledge: Christum, Prud. steph. 5, 40.— With dat.:1.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.:2.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. -
6 confiteor
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):I.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.(α).With acc.:(β).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.:(γ).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.:(δ).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:b.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,II.Esp., after the Aug. per., sometimes, to reveal, manifest, make known, show.(α).With acc.:(β).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.—III.In eccl. writers, to confess, own, acknowledge: Christum, Prud. steph. 5, 40.— With dat.:1.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.:2.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,
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7 profiteor
prŏfĭtĕor, fessus, v (old form of the inf. PROFITEREI, and of the imper. PROFITEMINO, several times in the Tab. Her, in Haubold, Mon. Leg. p. 99 sq.), v. dep. a. [pro-fateor], to declare publicly, to own freely, to acknowledge, avow, confess openly, profess (class.).I.In gen.a.Absol.:b.neque vis tuā voluntate ipse profiteri,
Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 80:ita libenter confitetur, ut non solum fateri, sed etiam profiteri videatur,
Cic. Caecin. 9, 24:fateor atque etiam profiteor et prae me fero,
id. Rab. Perd. 5, 17.—With acc.:c.profiteri et in medium proferre aliquid,
Cic. Fin. 2, 23, 76:cur ea non profitenda putabas?
Ov. H. 21, 129.—With obj. clause:d.profitentur Carnutes, se nullum periculum recusare,
Caes. B. G. 7, 2; Cic. N D. 1, 5, 12.—With de:II.de parricidio professum,
Suet. Calig. 12:de semet professo,
id. Dom. 8.—In partic.A.Profiteri se aliquem, to declare one's self or profess to be something:B.profiteri se grammaticum,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 12; Poët. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 26, 42;profiteri se patrem infantis,
Suet. Calig. 25:se legatum,
id. Galb. 10:se candidatum consulatūs,
id. Aug. 4:professus amicum,
Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 2.—With esse:triduo me jure consultum esse profitebor,
Cic. Mur. 13, 28:me omnium provinciarum defensorem esse profitebor,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 93, § 217.—Profiteri aliquid, to profess an art, science, etc.:C.profiteri philosophiam,
to declare one's self a philosopher, Cic. Pis. 29, 71; medicinam, to profess medicine, to practise as a physician, Cels. praef.; Suet. Caes. 42;jus,
Ov. A. A. 3, 531.—In pass.:rem non professam apud nos tenemus,
Quint. Decl. 341. — Absol.: profiteri, to be a teacher or professor (post-Aug.):cum omnes qui profitentur, audiero,
Plin. Ep 2, 18, 3:translatus est in Siciliam, ubi nunc profitetur,
id. ib. 4, 11, 14.—Profiteri indicium, to give evidence, make a deposition against accomplices:D.multis hortantibus indicium profitetur,
Sall. J. 35, 6; Hirt. B. Afr 55, Curt. 8, 6, 23; Plin. Ep. 3, 16, 9:summum supplicium decernebatur, ni professus indicium foret,
Tac. A. 6, 3.—To offer freely, propose voluntarily, to promise: quis profitetur? who volunteers? Plaut Capt. 3, 1, 20:E.se ad eam rem adjutorem,
Caes. B. G. 5, 38:ego vero tibi profiteor atque polliceor eximium et singulare meum studium in omni genere officii,
Cic. Fam. 5, 8, 4:si vos in eam rem operam vestram profitemini,
id. Rosc. Am. 53, 153:Varro profitetur se alterā die ad colloquium venturum,
Caes. B. C. 3, 19:sumunt gentiles arma professa manus,
arms that promise a combat, Ov. F. 2, 198: magna, Hor A. P. 14; Ov. F. 5, 351:grandia,
Hor. A. P. 27.—To disclose, show, display, make a show of; dolorem, Just. 8, 5, 11:F.sola Jovem Semele vidit Jovis ora professum,
Nemes. Ecl. 3, 22:vitate viros cultum formamque professos,
Ov. A A. 3, 433.—To make a public statement or return of any thing (as of one's name, property, business, etc.):censum (one's estate),
Ulp. Fragm. 1, 8;Tab. Her. in Haubold, Mon. Leg. p. 99 sq. (q. v.): ut aratores jugera sationum suarum profiterentur,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 15, § 38:apud decemviros, quantum habeat praedae,
id. Agr. 2, 22, 59:greges ovium ad publicanum,
Varr. R. R. 2, 1:frumentum, Liv 4, 12: furtum,
Quint. Decl. 341:rem alienam,
id. ib. 341:rem apud publicanum,
id. ib. 359; Dig. 39, 4, 16, § 12.— Absol.:ne decipiat (publicanus) profiteri volentes,
Dig. 39, 4, 19, § 6; Vulg. Luc. 2, 3 and 5:nomen,
to give in one's name, announce one's self, Liv. 26, 18; also without nomen:Catilina prohibitus erat petere consulatum, quod intra legitimos dies profiteri nequiverit,
Sall. C. 18, 3:nam et quaesturam petentes, quos indignos judicavit, profiteri vetuit,
Vell. 2, 92, 3: professae (sc. feminae), i. e. common prostitutes, who had to give in their names to the aedile, Ov. F. 4, 866.— Trop.:in his nomen suum profitetur,
among these he reckons himself, Ter. Eun. prol. 3.—Hence, prŏ-fessus, a, um, P. a., in passive signif., known, manifest, confessed ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):culpa professa,
Ov. Am. 3, 14, 6:dux,
Just. 8, 4, 4.—Ex or de professo, openly, avowedly, intentionally, professedly:non ex professo eam (potentiam) non petere,
Sen. Ep. 14, 8:vir ex professo mollis, Macr S. 2, 9.—De professo (postclass.): ac ne id quidem de professo audet,
openly, App. Mag. p. 274, 11.
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