confirmationem
Dictionary entries
- Entry →confirmatio, confirmationis:
Feminine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
making firm, quieting fears; encouragement/making confident/consolation;; confirmation/verification/establishing; proof; corroboration; adducing proofs;
acc. sg.
Examples
Liber VI
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...quantum ad ipsas causas: illa nunc quae ad confirmationem animorum pertinent. Quos magis refert nostra fortiores fieri quam..."Liber IV
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...esse, narrationis et initium probationis intellegat, et nobis confirmationem ingredientibus ipse quoque quodam modo novum audiendi sumat exordium..."Liber II
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...homines et qui non didicerint. Ad cuius rei confirmationem adferunt Demaden remigem et Aeschinen hypocriten oratores fuisse. Falso..."Liber Quintus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...nihil aut non multum adiumento ullo ad suam confirmationem indigerent; quod autem in homine praestantissimum atque optimum..."