confabulor

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Latin

Etymology

From cōn- +‎ fābulor.

Pronunciation

Verb

cōnfābulor (present infinitive cōnfābulārī, perfect active cōnfābulātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

  1. to converse
  2. to discuss

Conjugation

   Conjugation of cōnfābulor (first conjugation, deponent)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present cōnfābulor cōnfābulāris,
cōnfābulāre 		cōnfābulātur cōnfābulāmur cōnfābulāminī cōnfābulantur
imperfect cōnfābulābar cōnfābulābāris,
cōnfābulābāre 		cōnfābulābātur cōnfābulābāmur cōnfābulābāminī cōnfābulābantur
future cōnfābulābor cōnfābulāberis,
cōnfābulābere 		cōnfābulābitur cōnfābulābimur cōnfābulābiminī cōnfābulābuntur
perfect cōnfābulātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect cōnfābulātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect cōnfābulātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present cōnfābuler cōnfābulēris,
cōnfābulēre 		cōnfābulētur cōnfābulēmur cōnfābulēminī cōnfābulentur
imperfect cōnfābulārer cōnfābulārēris,
cōnfābulārēre 		cōnfābulārētur cōnfābulārēmur cōnfābulārēminī cōnfābulārentur
perfect cōnfābulātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect cōnfābulātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — cōnfābulāre — — cōnfābulāminī —
future — cōnfābulātor cōnfābulātor — — cōnfābulantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives cōnfābulārī cōnfābulātum esse cōnfābulātūrum esse — — —
participles cōnfābulāns cōnfābulātus cōnfābulātūrus — — cōnfābulandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
cōnfābulandī cōnfābulandō cōnfābulandum cōnfābulandō cōnfābulātum cōnfābulātū

Descendants

  • Italian: confabulare
  • Spanish: confabularse

References

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