affirmo, affirmare, affirmavi, affirmatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · variant: 1st
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
affirm/assert (dogmatically/positively); confirm, ratify, restore; emphasize;
Conjugations
Finite Forms
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | affirmo | affirmamus |
| 2 | affirmas | affirmatis |
| 3 | affirmat | affirmant |
Infinitives
| Voice | Tense | Forms |
|---|---|---|
| active | present | affirmare |
| active | perfect | affirmavisse |
| passive | present | affirmari |
Imperatives
active
present
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | affirma | affirmate |
future
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | affirmato | affirmatote |
| 3 | affirmato | affirmanto |
passive
present
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | affirmare | affirmamini |
future
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | affirmator | — |
| 3 | affirmator | affirmantor |
Participles
Perfect Passive Participle
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | affirmatus | affirmati |
| Gen. | affirmati | affirmatorum |
| Dat. | affirmato | — |
| Acc. | affirmatum | affirmatos |
| Voc. | affirmate | affirmati |
| Abl. | affirmato | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | affirmata | affirmatae |
| Gen. | affirmatae | affirmatarum |
| Dat. | affirmatae | — |
| Acc. | affirmatam | affirmatas |
| Voc. | affirmata | affirmatae |
| Abl. | affirmata | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | affirmatum | affirmata |
| Gen. | affirmati | affirmatorum |
| Dat. | affirmato | — |
| Acc. | affirmatum | affirmata |
| Voc. | affirmatum | affirmata |
| Abl. | affirmato | — |
Gerundive
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | affirmandus | — |
| Gen. | affirmandi | — |
| Dat. | affirmando | — |
| Acc. | affirmandum | — |
| Voc. | affirmande | — |
| Abl. | affirmando | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | affirmanda | — |
| Gen. | affirmandae | — |
| Dat. | affirmandae | — |
| Acc. | affirmandam | — |
| Voc. | affirmanda | — |
| Abl. | affirmanda | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | affirmandum | — |
| Gen. | affirmandi | — |
| Dat. | affirmando | — |
| Acc. | affirmandum | — |
| Voc. | affirmandum | — |
| Abl. | affirmando | — |
Supines
accusative: affirmatum; ablative: affirmatu
Examples
- L
Liber III
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...dici uides. Primum ego tibi uinearum diligens fossor affirmo nullam pluuiam esse tam magnam, quae terram ultra decem..." - M
IX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...comparationem ergastulum leve est. hoc si scisses, pater, affirmo, promitto: cuius pietatis es, nemo te antecessisset. illa, certum..." - M
VII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...inimico patr e quam conscio? plus est quod affirmo: filium in conspectu patris occidere sic operae pretium..." - M
Liber Secundus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...fuerit, tamen, si haec vera sunt—nihil enim affirmo—, non satis acutus fuit. [81] At multis se probavit..." - G
Liber X
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...rursus eveniat quod accidit. Ego illud unum affirmo, et utilitatem operis et pulchritudinem saeculo tuo esse dignissimam. TRAIANUS..."