LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adverb

cōnfestim

cōnfestim (not comparable)
Classical[kõːˈfɛs.tĩː]Ecclesiastical[koɱˈfɛs.tim]

Meaning

  1. not comparableimmediately, forthwith
    Omnium bellōrum initium et causam hinc sūmpsit: nihil convenientius dūcēns quam necem avunculī vindicāre tuērīque ācta, cōnfestim ut Apollōniā rediit, Brūtum Cassiumque et vī necopīnantīs et, quia prōvīsum perīcu­lum subterfūgerant, lēgibus adgredī reōsque caedis absentīs dēferre statuit.The source and cause of all the wars he took from this: holding nothing more fitting than to avenge his uncle and maintain the validity of his enactments, immediately on returning from Apollonia he resolved to take the unexpecting Brutus and Cassius by force as well as to resort to laws and prosecute them for murder in their absence, as they had fled the foreseen danger.121 CE, Suetonius, De vita Caesarum 2 10

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Repente · Subito · Extemplo · E vestigio · Illico · Statim · Protinus · Confestim · Continuo

Repente and subito denote suddenly; repens means sudden, in opp. to exspectatus, expected, Cic. Tusc. iii. 22; to sensim, Cic. Off. i. 33. Suet. Tib. 11, like ἐξαπίνης; but subitus, in opp. to foreseen, ante provisus, Cic. Tusc. iii. 22; meditatus, Plin. Ep. i. 16; paratus, Cic. Or. i. 33, like παραχρῆμα. Extemplo and e vestigio, in opp. to delay; extemplo (ex tempore) in a moment, with reference to time; e vestigio, on the spot, sur-le-champ, with reference to place. Illico and ilicet, in opp. to slowness; illico (in loco) is used in prose, like παραυτίκα; ilicet, by writers of comedy and poets. Statim and protinus, in opp. to, at a future time; statim, immediately, in opp. to deinde, Tac. Ann. vi. 3; postea, Suet. Cl. 39. A. 51. N. 34, like εὐθύς; protinus, forthwith, like πρόκα. Confestim and continuo, in opp. to ex intervallo, Cic. Inv. ii. 12. (v. 157.)

con-festim, adv. kindr. with festinus, festino, from fero,
I. immediately, speedily, without delay, forthwith (class. in prose and poetry): abi ad thensaurum jam confestim clanculum, Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 69: rem administrandam arbitror sine ullā morā et confestim gerendam, Cic. Phil. 5, 12, 31: confestim aut ex intervallo aliquid consequi, id. Inv. 1, 28, 43; 2, 12, 42: sequi, Sisenn. ap. Charis. p. 176 P.: insequi, Lucr. 4, 340 (315); Quint. 4, 2, 54: se subsequi (cohortes) jubet, Caes. B. G. 4, 32; cf. id. ib. 5, 18; Liv. 44, 3, 2 et saep.: huc advolavit, Cic. Clu. 67, 192: ad eam, id. Phil. 2, 31, 77; Liv. 1, 32, 11; 2, 7, 12 et saep.: alacres admittier orant, Verg. A. 9, 231; * Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 9: Pandatariam festinavit, Suet. Calig. 15; Col. 2, 10, 16: ut Hostus cecidit, confestim Romana inclinatur acies, Liv. 1, 12, 3; cf. Suet. Aug. 10.—Cf. upon this art. Hand, Turs. II. p. 103 sq.

Origins

Analyzable as con- + *fes + -tim, built on the same root as the verb festīnō (“to hasten”). De Vaan, citing Schrijver, identifies the root as *bʰris-, alleged to also be the source of Welsh brys (“speed, haste”). If this etymology is correct, the Latin form developed a syllabic resonant (*-r〭-) which was then replaced with *-er-, and the resulting cluster *-rst- was then regularly simplified to -st- (compare testis). The ending comes from the adverbial accusative of a deverbal noun, which De Vaan reconstructs as Proto-Indo-European *bʰristi-, Proto-Italic *fristi- (“haste”).

Quick answers

What does cōnfestim mean in Latin?
cōnfestim, a adverb, means “immediately, forthwith”.
How do you pronounce cōnfestim?
In classical Latin, [kõːˈfɛs.tĩː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [koɱˈfɛs.tim].