confessavi

Confessavi is a Latin verb form. It is the first-person singular perfect active indicative of the verb confessare, meaning to confess or acknowledge. The infinitive confessare belongs to the first conjugation, and its principal parts are confessare, confessavi, confessatum (the corresponding participle is confessatus for the past passive participle). The form confessavi is used to express a completed action in the past and is typically translated as “I confessed” in English, though it can carry a sense of “I have confessed” depending on context.

As a standard 1st-conjugation verb, confessare follows regular patterning in its perfect tense: confessavi (1st person singular), confessavisti (2nd), confessavit (3rd), confessavimus (1st plural), confessavistis (2nd), confessaverunt (3rd). This makes confessavi a common example in discussions of Latin tense and aspect, illustrating how completed actions are narrated in past contexts.

Usage of confessavi appears in classical Latin texts as well as in ecclesiastical writings that use sustained Latin forms. It is distinct from deponent or semi-deponent forms such as confiteor, which shares a related semantic field (to confess) but uses a different voice and principal parts.

Example sentence: Confessavi culpam meam. Translation: I confessed my fault. The form demonstrates how the perfect active tense marks a completed past action, with the exact English rendering depending on time reference and narrative context.