assurance Copy link Outline I. The act of assuring, esp. by positive statementsII. ConfidenceIII. Intrepidity (q. v.)IV. Effrontery; q. v.V. Mercant. t. t. • assurance: I. The act of assuring, esp. by positive statements: confirmātĭo: the a. of the deserter, perfugae c., Caes. Phr.: I remember that I heard you give a.s respecting my return, memini me audire te de reditu meo confirmare, Cic.: v. assertion, affirmation. II. Confidence: fīdūcĭa: to afford firm a. of safety, certam f. salutis praebere, Liv.: I now have hope of you, but not yet a., jam de te spem habeo, nondum f., Sen.: v. confidence. III. Intrepidity (q. v.): confisĭo (rare): firm a. of mind, c. firma animi, Cic. IV. Effrontery; q. v.: impŭdentia. V. Mercant. t. t.: Phr.: I have effected an a. on my life for a large sum, perh. *mihi magna pecunia de vita mea cautum est: v. insurance.
ASSURANCE Copy link • ASSURANCEfiducia (the proper word, the laudable trust in things we actually can trust, which is allied to the courage of trusting in ourselves): confidentia (a blamable, presumptuous trust, particularly in one’s own strength: opposed to foresight and discretion): audacia (confidence arising from contempt of danger: it may imply either praise or dispraise): audentia (laudable confidence; spirit of enterprise): fidentia (“Fidentia est per quam magnis et honestis in rebus multum ipse animus in se fiduciae certa cum spe collocavit,” Cic.): fides (faith in a man’s honor): spes firma: spes certa (confident expectation): firma animi confisio: animus certos et confirmatus. The full assurance of safety, certa fiducia (e.g., salutis: opposed to spes). To cause assurance, fiduciam facere: alicui fiduciam afferre: to feel a full assurance, certain spem habere; magnam fiduciam habere. With assurance (= firmness, boldness), fidenter: fidenti animo: (= in a spirit of rash confidence) confidenter. Want of modesty, confidentia (e.g., videte quo vultu, qua confidentia dicant, Cic.): impudentia: os impudens, or durum, or ferreum: a man of consummate assurance, homo perfrictae frontis. A pledge or security for payment: fiducia (also a sale, on condition of being permitted to buy back the thing sold). To receive such an assurance, fiduciam accipere: to hold it, fiduciam commissam tenere. Positive and confident statement: circumlocution by confirmare aliquid alicui: confirmare de aliqua re; or with the accusative and infinitive. He gave them a solemn assurance, which he confirmed by an oath, that he would let them pass unmolested through his territory, pollicitus est et jurejurando confirmavit, tutum iter per fines suos daturum. Insurance, Vid.