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

cataphasis

Latin

Alternative forms

adfīrmātiō

Etymology

From affirmō (“affirm, assert”) +‎ -tiō.

Noun

affirmātiō f (genitive affirmātiōnis); third declension

Declension

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

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.

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