assertion Copy link Outline I. A positive statement1. affirmātĭo2. confirmātĭo3. assĕvērātĭo (vehement a.)II. Maintenance, claim, vindication; q. v. • assertion: I. A positive statement: 1. affirmātĭo: I believed the a. of Laterensis, credidi affirmationi Laterensis, Cic.: Caes. 2. confirmātĭo: the a. of the deserter, c. perfugae, Caes. 3. assĕvērātĭo (vehement a.): v. asseveration. II. Maintenance, claim, vindication; q. v.: postŭlātĭo. (assertio often in Arnob.)
ASSERTION Copy link • ASSERTIONaffirmatio: asseveratio (both as an action): sententia (opinion): opinio: decretum: dogma (opinion of a school in philosophy). To retract an assertion, sententiam mutare: revocare. Vid: Assertio is the maintaining in a court of justice that a person is a free man or a slave.