verbfirst/second-declension participle
cōnfūsus
cōnfūsus (feminine cōnfūsa, neuter cōnfūsum, comparative cōnfūsior, superlative cōnfūsissimus)
Classical[kõːˈfuː.sʊs]Ecclesiastical[koɱˈfuː.s̬us]
Meaning
- participlemixed, mingled, having been poured together
- participleunited, joined, having been combined
- participleconfounded, confused, having been brought into disorder
confūsus, a, um, v. confundo, P. a.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
cōnfūsus adj. with comp.
P. of confundo, mingled, confused, perplexed, disorderly: strages, V.: oratio: verba, O.: suffragium, L.: clamor, of doubtful origin, L. — Disordered, confused: mens, V.: animo, L.: variā imagine rerum, V.: animi, L.: os, blushing, O.: confusior facies, Ta.: ex recenti morsu animi, L.
Origins
The perfect passive participle of cōnfundere (“to pour together; to mix; to confuse”), from con- (“with, together”) + fundere (“to pour”), q.v.
Descendants
- Catalanconfós
- Frenchconfus
- Germankonfus
- Italianconfuso
- Englishconfuse
- Portugueseconfuso
- Romanianconfuz
- Spanishconfuso