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|lshtext=<b>as-sĕvēro</b>: (ads-, Ritschl, B. and K., Halm), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [[severus]].<br /> Lit., to do [[any]] [[thing]] [[with]] [[earnestness]], to do or [[pursue]] [[earnestly]] (opp. jocari, Cic. Brut. 85, 293; [[rare]] in [[early]] Latin; syn.: [[affirmo]], [[confirmo]], [[assero]], [[dico]]): quae est ista [[defensio]]? [[utrum]] adseveratur in hoc an tentatur? is this [[matter]] conducted in [[earnest]]? Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 10.—Hence, of [[discourse]], to [[assert]] [[strongly]] or [[firmly]], to [[declare]] [[positively]], to [[affirm]] (in the [[class]]. per. [[only]] in [[prose]]; [[with]] this [[word]] in this [[sense]], cf. the Engl. to [[assure]]; the Germ. versichern; the Gr. [[ἰσχυρίζομαι]], [[βεβαιόω]]; and the Lat. [[confirmo]], adfirmo): neminem eorum haec adseverare audias, * Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 164: [[pulchre]] adseverat [[sese]] ab Oppianico destitutum, Cic. Clu. 26, 72: unum illud firmissime adseverabat in [[exsilium]] se iturum, id. Att. 10, 14: periti rerum adseverant non ferre (Arabiam) [[tantum]], etc., Plin. 12, 18, 41, § 83 Jan (others adstruxerunt, v. [[astruo]] fin.): Halicarnasii [[mille]] et ducentos per annos nullo motu terrae nutavisse [[sedes]] suas adseveraverant, Tac. A. 4, 55; 6, 28; 12, 42; 14, 16; id. H. 2, 80: constantissime adseveravit [[fore]], ut etc., Suet. Vesp. 5.—Also, de aliquā re: [[neque]] hoc [[meum]], de quo tanto opere hoc [[libro]] adseveravi, [[umquam]] adfirmabo esse verius [[quam]] tuum, Cic. Or. 71, 237: quem ad modum [[adversarius]] de quāque re adseveret, id. Brut. 57, 208: neminem ullā de re posse contendere [[neque]] adseverare, id. Ac. 2, 11, 35.—Of [[inanimate]] things, to [[make]] [[known]], to [[show]], [[prove]], [[demonstrate]]: adseverant magni [[artus]] Germanicam originem, Tac. Agr. 11.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In Tac., of [[conduct]] (cf. [[asseveratio]]): viri gravitatem adseverantes, [[assuming]] an [[air]] of [[gravity]], Tac. A. 13, 18. —<br /><b>II</b> In App., to [[make]] [[grave]] or [[serious]]: frontem, App. M. 3, p. 135, 10, and 8, p. 203, 24.—Advv.: adsĕvēranter and adsĕ-vērātē, [[with]] [[asseveration]], [[earnestly]], [[emphatically]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Form adsĕvēranter: loqui [[valde]] adseveranter, Cic. Att. 15, 19, 2. —Comp.: Haec [[Antiochus]] [[fere]] [[multo]] [[etiam]] adseverantius (dixit), Cic. Ac. 2, 19, 61.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Form adsĕvērātē: tragoedias [[scite]] [[atque]] adseverate actitavit, [[earnestly]], Gell. 6, 5, 2.

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|georg=as-sevēro (ad-sevēro), āvī, ātum, āre (ad u. [[severus]]), I) [[mit]] [[Ernst]] [[verfahren]], A) im allg.: [[quae]] est ista [[defensio]]? [[utrum]] asseveratur in [[hoc]], an temptatur ? Cic. Verr. 2, 26: bella [[ironia]], si iocaremur; [[sin]] asseveramus, vide ne etc., Cic. [[Brut]]. 293: [[nisi]] [[quod]] frequentius asseverat [[quam]] eludit, Quint. 9, 2, 59. – B) insbes., etw. im [[Ernst]] od. [[mit]] [[Zuversicht]]-, [[ernstlich]] od. [[zuversichtlich]] [[behaupten]], -[[versichern]], m. Acc., neminem eorum asseverare [[haec]] audias, Plaut.: ordinem agminis asseverare [[non]] [[ausim]], Tac.: gravitatem, [[sich]] zu ernsten Grundsätzen [[bekennen]], Tac. – [[mit]] Acc. u. Infin., idque se facturum asseveravit, Cic.: unum [[illud]] firmissime asseverabat, in [[exsilium]] se iturum, Cic.: sola [[Vitellia]] [[nihil]] se audivisse asseveravit, Tac. – m. de u. Abl., [[nemo]] de ulla re potest contendere [[neque]] asseverare, Cic.: [[neque]] [[hoc]] [[meum]] ([[iudicium]]), de [[quo]] [[tanto]] opere in [[hoc]] [[libro]] asseveravi, [[umquam]] affirmabo [[esse]] verius [[quam]] tuum, Cic. – v. lebl. Subjj., tatsächlich [[für]] [[etwas]] [[sprechen]], [[von]] etw. [[zeugen]], [[magni]] [[artus]] Germanicam originem asseverant, Tac. Agr. 11. – II) [[ernst]] ([[streng]]) [[erscheinen]] [[lassen]], frontem, Apul. [[met]]. 3, 13 u. 8, 6.

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