asseveratio

Latin

Alternative forms

• adsevērātiō

Etymology

From assevērō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /as.se.u̯eːˈraː.ti.oː/, [äs̠ːeu̯eːˈräːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /as.se.veˈrat.t͡si.o/, [äsːeveˈrät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

assevērātiō f (genitive assevērātiōnis); third declension

1. an earnest pursuit or behavior; seriousness
2. a vehement assertion, affirmation or asseveration; vehemence, rigor
3. (grammar) a word of emphasis

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	assevērātiō	assevērātiōnēs
genitive	assevērātiōnis	assevērātiōnum
dative	assevērātiōnī	assevērātiōnibus
accusative	assevērātiōnem	assevērātiōnēs
ablative	assevērātiōne	assevērātiōnibus
vocative	assevērātiō	assevērātiōnēs

Descendants

• Catalan: asseveració
• Galician: aseveración
• Italian: asseverazione
• Portuguese: asseveração
• Spanish: aseveración

References

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