assero

== Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈas.sɛ.roː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈas.se.ro] === Etymology 1 === From ad- + serō (“sow, plant”). ==== Verb ==== asserō (present infinitive asserere, perfect active assēvī, supine assitum); third conjugation (transitive) to sow, plant or set near something ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== assitus ===== Related terms ===== === Etymology 2 === From ad- +‎ serō (“join or bind together”). Given Oscan aserum (“to seize”, inf.), one can reconstruct Proto-Italic *adserō. ==== Verb ==== asserō (present infinitive asserere, perfect active asseruī, supine assertum); third conjugation to join someone or something to oneself (law, often with manu, in libertatem or liberali causa) to declare someone to be free by laying hands upon him; set free, liberate Synonyms: manūmittō, līberō, vindicō (law, often with manu or in servitutem) to declare someone to be a slave by laying hands upon him; claim as a slave to free from, protect, preserve, defend, defend against to declare something to be one's own possession, arrogate, claim Synonyms: vindicō, arrogō, reposcō, appropriō, ascīscō to maintain, affirm, allege, assert, declare ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== assertiō assertor assertum assertus ===== Related terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== Catalan: asserir English: assert Italian: asserire Portuguese: asserir === References === “assero”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “assero”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.