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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=assertio assertionis N F :: [[assertion]]; [[statement]]<br />assertio assertio assertionis N F :: act of claiming free or slave (for status); defense/vindication (of character)
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>assertĭo</b>: (ads-), ōnis, f. 2. [[assero]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit. (acc. to 2. [[assero]], I. A.), a [[formal]] [[declaration]] [[that]] one is a freeman or a [[slave]]: adsertio tam a servitute in libertatem, [[quam]] a libertate in [[servitium]] trahi significat, Prisc. p. 1208 P.; Traj. ap. Plin. Ep. 10, 72 fin.: perfusoriae adsertiones, unauthorized declarations of [[freedom]], Suet. Dom. 8: sitne [[liber]] qui est in adsertione, Quint. 3, 6, 57: ut in reis deportatis et adsertione secundā (i. e. judicio [[secundo]], in quo adsertor de libertate agit), id. 5, 2, 1; so also id. 11, 1, 78; cf. Cod. Just. 7, 17, 1.—<br /><b>II</b> In gen., an [[assertion]] ([[late]] Lat.), Arn. 1, p. 18: deorum adsertio religiosa, an [[assertion]] of the [[existence]] of the gods, id. 4, p. 141.
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{{Georges
|georg=assertio ([[adsertio]]), ōnis, f. (2. [[assero]]), I) die förmliche [[Behauptung]], daß [[jemand]] [[ein]] freier [[Mensch]] [[sei]], ass. libertatis, Min. Fel.: assertionem alci denegare, Traian. in Plin. ep.: [[esse]] in assertione, Quint.: Plur., perfusoriae assertiones, sachverdrehende Freisprechungen, Suet. Dom. 8, 1: hanc totam legem de assertionibus firmavit, Capit. Anton. phil. 9, 9. – II) übtr., 1) das [[Zusprechen]], Einverleiben in usw., amplissimi ordinis, Cod. Theod. 6, 7, 22: personarum, ibid.16, 1, 3. – 2) die [[Behauptung]], sententiarum, [[Sidon]]. ep. 7, 9: religiosa deorum, [[Behauptung]] [[des]] Daseins Gottes, Arnob. 4, 21: [[haec]] [[quippe]] [[enim]] demonstrata de [[post]] gestis [[assertio]] est, Auct. itin. Alex. 43: Ggstz. [[assertio]] [[talis]] [[rei]] et [[abnegatio]], Arnob. 1, 32.
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