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
- affirmation, declaration, assertion
- confirmation
Inflection
Third declension.
| 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
- 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