confertus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of cōnferciō (“press close together”).

Participle

cōnfertus (feminine cōnferta, neuter cōnfertum, comparative confertior, superlative cōnfertissimus, adverb cōnfertim); first/second-declension participle

1. crowded together
2. in close order (troops)
3. dense, compact
4. crammed with, abounding in

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	cōnfertus	cōnferta	cōnfertum		cōnfertī	cōnfertae	cōnferta
genitive	cōnfertī	cōnfertae	cōnfertī		cōnfertōrum	cōnfertārum	cōnfertōrum
dative	cōnfertō	cōnfertae	cōnfertō		cōnfertīs
accusative	cōnfertum	cōnfertam	cōnfertum		cōnfertōs	cōnfertās	cōnferta
ablative	cōnfertō	cōnfertā	cōnfertō		cōnfertīs
vocative	cōnferte	cōnferta	cōnfertum		cōnfertī	cōnfertae	cōnferta

References

• “confertus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “confertus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• confertus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to cut one's way (through the enemies' ranks): ferro viam facere (per confertos hostes)