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confirmātĭo , ōnis, f. confirmo,
I.a securing, establishing, confirming (in good prose, but only in trop. signif.; most freq. in Cic., Caes., and Quint.). *
I. In gen.: “perpetuae libertatis,Cic. Fam. 12, 8, 1.—
II. Esp.
A. A confirming, fortifying, quieting of a wavering, fearful mind; encouragement, consolation: “animi,Caes. B. C. 1, 21; Cic. Fam. 6, 6, 1: “Ciceronis,id. Att. 14, 13, 4: “neque enim confirmatione nostrā egebat virtus tua,id. Fam. 6, 3, 1.—
B. A confirming, verifying of a fact, assertion, etc.: “perfugae,Caes. B. G. 3, 18; Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 48; Quint. 2, 17, 12.—Hence,
2. In rhet., an adducing of proofs, Cic. Inv. 1, 24, 34; id. Part. Or. 8, 27; Quint. 4, 3, 1; 4, 4, 1; 4, 2, 79; 5, 14, 6 Spald. al.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (13):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 12.8.1
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 6.3.1
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 6.6.1
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 14.13.4
    • Caesar, Gallic War, 3.18
    • Caesar, Civil War, 1.21
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 2, 17.12
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 4, 2.79
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 4, 3.1
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 4, 4.1
    • Cicero, Partitiones Oratoriae, 8.27
    • Cicero, De Inventione, 1.24
    • Cicero, De Inventione, 1.30
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