affirmatio

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

• cataphasis

Latin

Alternative forms

• adfīrmātiō

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

Related terms

• affirmō

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.