assertus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of asserō (“declare free; claim as a slave; protect; arrogate; maintain, assert”).

Participle

assertus (feminine asserta, neuter assertum); first/second-declension participle

1. declared free, set free, liberated, having been liberated
2. claimed as a slave, having been claimed as a slave
3. protected, preserved, defended, having been protected
4. arrogated, claimed by oneself, having been arrogated
5. maintained, affirmed, alleged, asserted, declared, having been asserted

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	assertus	asserta	assertum		assertī	assertae	asserta
genitive	assertī	assertae	assertī		assertōrum	assertārum	assertōrum
dative	assertō	assertae	assertō		assertīs
accusative	assertum	assertam	assertum		assertōs	assertās	asserta
ablative	assertō	assertā	assertō		assertīs
vocative	asserte	asserta	assertum		assertī	assertae	asserta

References

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