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LNS

assevērātiō, assevērātiōnis

(adsevērātiō, adsevērātiōnis)

assevero, adsevero

noun (f., 3^rd declension)

An earnest pursuit
a vehement assertion, affirmation, asseveration
a persevering earnestness, vehemence, rigor
a strengthening part of speech, a word of emphasis

Abbreviations

assevērātio (ads-), ōnis, f. assevero. An earnest pursuit of any thing; hence, Of discourse, a vehement assertion, affirmation, asseveration: omni tibi adseveratione affirmo, Cic. Att. 13, 23: confirmatio est nostrorum argumentorum expositio cum adseveratione, Auct. ad Her. 1, 3; so Quint. 4, 2, 94; 11, 3, 2; Plin. Pan. 67; Tac. A. 6, 2; 4, 42; 4, 52.

— In Tac., of actions, a persevering earnestness, vehemence, rigor: igitur multā adseveratione ... coguntur patres, etc., Tac. A. 4, 19: accusatio tamen apud patres adseveratione eādem peracta, id. ib. 2, 31.

—* In the old gram. lang., a strengthening part of speech, a word of emphasis: adiciebant et adseverationem, ut heu, Quint. 1, 4, 20: (adseverat heu, dum miserabili orationi ipsius, qui dicit dolorem, adjungit, Spald.).