LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

cōnfūsiō

cōnfūsiō f (genitive cōnfūsiōnis)
Classical[kõːˈfuː.si.oː]Ecclesiastical[koɱˈfuː.s̬i.o]

Meaning

  1. mingling, mixing, blending; mixture, union
  2. confounding, confusion, disorder
  3. trouble

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativecōnfūsiōcōnfūsiōnēs
genitivecōnfūsiōniscōnfūsiōnum
dativecōnfūsiōnīcōnfūsiōnibus
accusativecōnfūsiōnemcōnfūsiōnēs
ablativecōnfūsiōnecōnfūsiōnibus
vocativecōnfūsiōcōnfūsiōnēs

confūsĭo, ōnis, f. confundo.
I. A mingling.
A. Prop.: si duorum materiae ex voluntate dominorum confusae sint, totum id corpus quod ex confusione fit, etc., Just. Inst. 2, 1, 27; Dig. 6, 1, 23, § 5: colorum, App. de Mundo, p. 66, 24, 2.—
2. Concr., a mixture, union: arcum esse multarum imaginum solis confusiones, Sen. Q. N. 1, 3, 5.—
B. Trop.
1. A mingling, mixing, uniting, combining (rare): haec conjunctio confusioque virtutum, Cic. Fin. 5, 23, 67.—Far more freq., and in good prose,
2. A confounding, confusion, disorder: religionum, Cic. Leg. 2, 10, 25: virtutum, id. Fin. 5, 23, 67: temporum, id. Off. 2, 19, 65: suffragiorum (i. e. not according to centuries, but viritim), id. Mur. 23, 47 (cf.: confusum suffragium, Liv. 26, 18, 9): perturbatio et confusio vitae, Cic. N. D. 1, 2, 3; cf. Quint. 3, 6, 29: populi, Vell. 2, 124; Quint. 12, 5, 3; Tac. H. 3, 38; Plin. Ep. 1, 22, 12: multi circuli et indecora confusio, id. ib. 3, 20, 4; id. Pan. 86, 3: vultus, Petr. 101, 8.—
II. (Acc. to confundo, II. B.) Oris, a reddening, blushing, Tac. H. 4, 40.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin cōnfūsiō From cōnfundō + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Catalanconfusió
  • Englishconfusion
  • Frenchconfusion
  • GermanKonfusion
  • Italianconfusione
  • Portugueseconfusão
  • Romanianconfuzie
  • Spanishconfusión
  • Friulianconfusie
  • Norwegian Bokmålkonfusjon

In English words that came into English from cōnfūsiō

  • confusioncōnfūsiō

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

AntiquitiesConfusioConfusio Under this head it will be convenient to group a number of the naturales rerum singularum adquisitiones, or titles to property based on the j…

Quick answers

What does cōnfūsiō mean in Latin?
cōnfūsiō, a noun, means “mingling, mixing, blending; mixture, union; confounding, confusion, disorder”.
What is the genitive of cōnfūsiō?
The genitive singular is cōnfūsiōnis. cōnfūsiō is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce cōnfūsiō?
In classical Latin, [kõːˈfuː.si.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [koɱˈfuː.s̬i.o].