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.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative assertus asserta assertum assertī assertae asserta
Genitive assertī assertae assertī assertōrum assertārum assertōrum
Dative assertō 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.
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