adfirmationis
Dictionary entries
- Entry →adfirmatio, adfirmationis:
Feminine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
affirmation, strengthening of belief; assertion, dogmatic/positive statement;
acc. pl.gen. sg.nom. pl.
Examples
Liber XI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...ullo tanta fuerint ut non hoc adfirmationis genus temperandum sit aliqua moderatione, sicut omnia in quibus patronus argumentum..."Liber VIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...tamen illud genus, cuius exemplum priore loco posui, adfirmationis gratia adhibetur: "vocemque his auribus hausi". LV. At vitium..."
