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{{Lewis

|lshtext=<b>af-firmo</b>: ([[better]] adf-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.<br /><b>I</b> To [[present]] a [[thing]] in words, as [[fixed]], [[firm]], i. e. [[certain]], true; to [[assert]], [[maintain]], [[aver]], [[declare]], [[asseverate]], [[affirm]]: dicendum est mihi, sed ita, [[nihil]] ut adfirmem, quaeram omnia, Cic. Div. 2, 3; so id. Att. 13, 23; id. Brut. 1, 1: jure jurando, Liv. 29, 23: [[quidam]] [[plures]] Deo ortos adfirmant, Tac. G. 2; cf. id. Agr. 10: adfirmavit non daturum se, he protested [[that]] he would [[give]] [[nothing]], Suet. Aug. 42.—Impers.: [[atque]] affirmatur, Tac. H. 2, 49.—Hence,<br /><b>II</b> To [[give]] [[confirmation]] of the [[truth]] of a [[thing]], to [[strengthen]], to [[confirm]], [[corroborate]], [[sanction]]: adfirmare spem alicui, Liv. 1, 1: opinionem, id. 32, 35: dicta alicujus, id. 28, 2: aliquid auctoritate sua, id. 26, 24: populi Romani virtutem armis, Tac. H. 4, 73: secuta [[anceps]] [[valetudo]] iram Deūm adfirmavit, id. A. 14, 22.—Hence, * [[affirmanter]] (adf-), adv. (of the absol. P. a. affirmans), [[with]] [[assurance]] or [[certainty]], [[assuredly]]: praedicere aliquid, Gell. 14, 1, 24; and: af-firmātē (adf-), adv. (of the absol. P. a. affirmatus), [[with]] [[asseveration]], [[with]] [[assurance]], [[certainly]], [[assuredly]], [[positively]]: [[quod]] adfirmate, [[quasi]] Deo teste promiserit, id tenendum est, Cic. Off. 3, 29.—Sup.: adfirmatissime scribere aliquid, Gell. 10, 12, 9.

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|georg=af-[[firmo]] (ad-[[firmo]]), āvī, ātum, āre, I) eig. = [[noch]] fester-, dauerhafter [[machen]], [[corium]] affirmatum cineris inspersu, Apul. [[met]]. 7, 22. – II) übtr.: 1) [[befestigen]], [[bekräftigen]], [[bestätigen]], ea [[res]] Troianis spem affirmat, bestärkt die Tr. in der [[Hoffnung]], Liv.: [[societas]] iureiurando affirmatur, Liv.: tu [[animo]] affirmas (te), Catull. 76 (86), 11 ed. [[Haupt]] (L. [[Müller]] offirmas). – 2) etw. (eine [[Ansicht]], [[Behauptung]] od. [[Tatsache]]) [[durch]] [[Wort]] od. [[Tat]] [[als]] feststehend, [[richtig]], [[wahr]] [[bekräftigen]], [[bestätigen]], [[bestärken]], [[bewahrheiten]], a) übh. (Ggstz. refellere; vgl. [[Müller]] Liv. 1, 9, 10): [[quod]] [[breviter]] [[dictum]] est rationibus affirmatum etc., Cic.: transfugarum dicta, Liv.: [[crimen]], [[wahrscheinlich]] [[machen]], Liv.: promissa rebus, Liv.: populi Rom. virtutem armis, [[von]] der [[Kraft]] [[des]] röm. Volks [[mit]] den W. Beweise [[geben]], Tac. – b) etw. [[als]] [[zuverlässig]] u. [[wahr]] [[versichern]], b eteuern, [[behaupten]], [[bestätigen]], [[bejahen]] (Ggstz. dubitare, negare, abnuere), [[nihil]], Cic.: [[nihil]] aliud [[nisi]] etc., Cic.: [[quis]] rem [[tam]] veterem [[pro]] [[certo]] affirmet? Liv.: certum affirmare [[non]] [[ausim]], Liv.: omni asseveratione [[tibi]] [[affirmo]] m. folg. Akk. u. Infin., Cic.: [[affirmo]] [[tibi]] m. folg. Akk. u. Infin., Cic. u.a.: [[quis]] [[pro]] [[certo]] affirmet m. folg. indir. Fragesatz (m. [[quot]]), Liv.: certum aff. m. folg. Akk. u. Infin., Liv.: iureiurando affirmatur m. folg. Akk. u. Infin., Liv.: [[contra]] priores auctores [[Asclepiades]] affirmavit m. folg. Akk. u. Infin., Cels.: m. de u. Abl., [[quid]] [[opus]] est de Dionysio [[tam]] [[valde]] affirmare? Cic.: si ulla [[alia]] de re obscura affirmare possem, eine [[Behauptung]] [[zuverlässig]] [[aussprechen]], Cic.: absol., [[nemo]] scire et omnes affirmare, Tac.: ut affirmatur, Tac.

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