adfirmatio
Dictionary entries
- Entry →adfirmatio, adfirmationis:
Feminine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
affirmation, strengthening of belief; assertion, dogmatic/positive statement;
nom. sg.voc. sg.
Examples
Liber IV
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...dico, non argumentatione); cui tamen plurimum conferet frequens adfirmatio effecturos nos quod dicimus: non posse vim rerum ostendi..."Liber II
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...foris; iuvat credulitatem nox et promptior inter tenebras adfirmatio. nec obstitit falsis Tiberius donec tempore ac spatio vanescerent..."