assertio

Latin > English

assertio assertionis N F :: assertion; statement
assertio assertio assertionis N F :: act of claiming free or slave (for status); defense/vindication (of character)

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

assertĭo: (ads-), ōnis, f. 2. assero.
I 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.—
II 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.

Latin > German (Georges)

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.