confitens

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of cōnfiteor (“confess, acknowledge”)

Participle

cōnfitēns (genitive cōnfitentis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. confessing, acknowledging

   Habemus confitentem reum.

   Here we have before us an accused one who pleads guilty.

Declension

Third-declension participle.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	cōnfitēns			cōnfitentēs	cōnfitentia
genitive	cōnfitentis			cōnfitentium
dative	cōnfitentī			cōnfitentibus
accusative	cōnfitentem	cōnfitēns		cōnfitentēs cōnfitentīs	cōnfitentia
ablative	cōnfitente cōnfitentī1			cōnfitentibus
vocative	cōnfitēns			cōnfitentēs	cōnfitentia

¹When used purely as an adjective.