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
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..."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..."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..."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..."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..."