confabulor

Latin

Etymology

From cōn- +‎ fābulor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /konˈfaː.bu.lor/, [kõːˈfäːbʊɫ̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /konˈfa.bu.lor/, [koɱˈfäːbulor]

Verb

cōnfābulor (present infinitive cōnfābulārī, perfect active cōnfābulātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

1. to converse
2. to discuss

Conjugation

Conjugation of cōnfābulor (first conjugation, deponent)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	cōnfābulor	cōnfābulāris, cōnfābulāre	cōnfābulātur	cōnfābulāmur	cōnfābulāminī	cōnfābulantur
	imperfect	cōnfābulābar	cōnfābulābāris, cōnfābulābāre	cōnfābulābātur	cōnfābulābāmur	cōnfābulābāminī	cōnfābulābantur
	future	cōnfābulābor	cōnfābulāberis, cōnfābulābere	cōnfābulābitur	cōnfābulābimur	cōnfābulābiminī	cōnfābulābuntur
	perfect	cōnfābulātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	cōnfābulātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	cōnfābulātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	cōnfābuler	cōnfābulēris, cōnfābulēre	cōnfābulētur	cōnfābulēmur	cōnfābulēminī	cōnfābulentur
	imperfect	cōnfābulārer	cōnfābulārēris, cōnfābulārēre	cōnfābulārētur	cōnfābulārēmur	cōnfābulārēminī	cōnfābulārentur
	perfect	cōnfābulātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	cōnfābulātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	cōnfābulāre	—	—	cōnfābulāminī	—
	future	—	cōnfābulātor	cōnfābulātor	—	—	cōnfābulantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		cōnfābulārī	cōnfābulātum esse	cōnfābulātūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		cōnfābulāns	cōnfābulātus	cōnfābulātūrus	—	—	cōnfābulandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		cōnfābulandī	cōnfābulandō	cōnfābulandum	cōnfābulandō	cōnfābulātum	cōnfābulātū

Descendants

• Italian: confabulare
• Spanish: confabularse

References

• “confabulor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “confabulor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• confabulor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.