Alternative forms

• adfirmō

Etymology

From ad- (“to, towards, at”) +‎ firmō (“strengthen, fortify”)Category:Latin terms prefixed with ad-#FIRMO.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [afˈfɪr.moː]Category:Latin 3-syllable words#AFFIRMOCategory:Latin terms with IPA pronunciation#AFFIRMO
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [afˈfir.mo]Category:Latin 3-syllable words#AFFIRMOCategory:Latin terms with IPA pronunciation#AFFIRMO

Verb

affirmō (present infinitive affirmāre, perfect active affirmāvī, supine affirmātum)Category:Latin lemmas#AFFIRMOCategory:Latin verbs#AFFIRMOCategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#AFFIRMOCategory:Pages with entries#AFFIRMOCategory:Pages with 2 entries#AFFIRMO; first conjugation

1. to present (something) as fixed, firm, or true; affirm, assert, maintain

   Synonyms: firmō, contendō, aiō, arguō, fīgō

2. to strengthen, confirm, corroborate
3. (figurative) to make clear

References

• “affirmo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “affirmo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • this much I can vouch for: illud pro certo affirmare licet
    

  Category:Latin words in Meissner and Auden's phrasebook
• affirmo in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Verb

affirmoCategory:Portuguese non-lemma forms#AFFIRMOCategory:Portuguese verb forms#AFFIRMOCategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#AFFIRMOCategory:Pages with entries#AFFIRMOCategory:Pages with 2 entries#AFFIRMO

1. first-person singular present indicative of affirmar