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affirmātĭo (adf- ), ōnis, f. affirmo,
I.an affirmation, declaration, confirmation, or averment of a fact or assertion: “est enim jus jurandum adfirmatio religiosa,” Cic. Off. 3, 29; so Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 21, and Cic. ib. 7: “in spem venire alicujus adfirmatione de aliqua re,” Caes. B. G. 7, 30: “constantissima annalium adfirmatione,” Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 15; “multā abfirmatione abnuere,” Curt. 6, 11.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (5):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 10.21
    • Caesar, Gallic War, 7.30
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 28.15
    • Cicero, De Officiis, 3.29
    • Curtius, Historiarum Alexandri Magni, 6.11
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