affirmatio
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin affirmātiō (“affirmation; confirmation”). Doublet of affirmation.
Noun
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
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From affirmō (“affirm, assert”) + -tiō.
Noun
affirmātiō f (genitive affirmātiōnis); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | affirmātiō | affirmātiōnēs |
| genitive | affirmātiōnis | affirmātiōnum |
| dative | affirmātiōnī | affirmātiōnibus |
| accusative | affirmātiōnem | affirmātiōnēs |
| ablative | affirmātiōne | affirmātiōnibus |
| vocative | affirmātiō | affirmātiōnēs |
Related terms
Descendants
- English: affirmation
- French: affirmation
- Italian: affermazione
- Portuguese: afirmação
- Romanian: afirmație
- Spanish: afirmación
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.