affirmatio
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin affirmātiō (“affirmation; confirmation”). Doublet of affirmation.
Noun edit
affirmatio (uncountable)
- (rhetoric) Making a statement as if it were in response to a question or were in dispute, especially when it is not.
See also edit
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From affirmō (“affirm, assert”) + -tiō.
Noun edit
affirmātiō f (genitive affirmātiōnis); third declension
Declension edit
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | affirmātiō | affirmātiōnēs |
| Genitive | affirmātiōnis | affirmātiōnum |
| Dative | affirmātiōnī | affirmātiōnibus |
| Accusative | affirmātiōnem | affirmātiōnēs |
| Ablative | affirmātiōne | affirmātiōnibus |
| Vocative | affirmātiō | affirmātiōnēs |
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- English: affirmation
- French: affirmation
- Italian: affermazione
- Portuguese: afirmação
- Romanian: afirmație
- Spanish: afirmación
References edit
- “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.