affirmatio

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin affirmātiō (affirmation; confirmation). Doublet of affirmation.

Noun

affirmatio (uncountable)

  1. (rhetoric) Making a statement as if it were in response to a question or were in dispute, especially when it is not.

See also

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From affirmō (affirm, assert) +‎ -tiō.

Noun

affirmātiō f (genitive affirmātiōnis); third declension

  1. affirmation, declaration, assertion
  2. confirmation

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative affirmātiō affirmātiōnēs
genitive affirmātiōnis affirmātiōnum
dative affirmātiōnī affirmātiōnibus
accusative affirmātiōnem affirmātiōnēs
ablative affirmātiōne affirmātiōnibus
vocative affirmātiō affirmātiōnēs

Descendants

References

  • affirmatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • affirmatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.