diffiteor

Latin

Etymology

From dis- +‎ fateor (“acknowledge”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /difˈfi.te.or/, [d̪ɪfˈfɪt̪eɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /difˈfi.te.or/, [d̪ifˈfiːt̪eor]

Verb

diffiteor (present infinitive diffitērī, perfect active diffessus sum); second conjugation, deponent

1. to deny, disavow, disown

Conjugation

   Conjugation of diffiteor (second conjugation, deponent, no perfect or supine stems)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	diffiteor		diffitēris, diffitēre		diffitētur		diffitēmur		diffitēminī		diffitentur
	imperfect	diffitēbar		diffitēbāris, diffitēbāre		diffitēbātur		diffitēbāmur		diffitēbāminī		diffitēbantur
	future	diffitēbor		diffitēberis, diffitēbere		diffitēbitur		diffitēbimur		diffitēbiminī		diffitēbuntur
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	diffitear		diffiteāris, diffiteāre		diffiteātur		diffiteāmur		diffiteāminī		diffiteantur
	imperfect	diffitērer		diffitērēris, diffitērēre		diffitērētur		diffitērēmur		diffitērēminī		diffitērentur
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		diffitēre		—		—		diffitēminī		—
	future	—		diffitētor		diffitētor		—		—		diffitentor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		diffitērī			—			diffitēns			—
future		—			—			—			diffitendus
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		diffitendī		diffitendō		diffitendum		diffitendō		—		—

Related terms

• cōnfiteor
• fateor
• profiteor

References

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