assertio

== Latin == === Etymology === From asserō +‎ -tiō. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [asˈsɛr.ti.oː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [asˈsɛr.t͡si.o] === Noun === assertiō f (genitive assertiōnis); third declension declaration of status (a formal declaration of one's civil state, whether as a slave or a freeman) (Late Latin) assertion (a positive declaration or averment) ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== === References === “assertio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “assertio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.