assĕvērātĭo | ads- (noun F) : (), , assevero.
* An earnest pursuit of any thing; hence
* Of discourse, a vehement assertion, affirmation, asseveration: omni tibi adseveratione affirmo,Cic. Att. 13, 23: confirmatio est nostrorum argumentorum expositio cum adseveratione, Auct. ad Her. 1, 3; so Quint. 4, 2, 94; 11, 3, 2; Plin. Pan. 67; Tac. A. 6, 2; 4, 42; 4, 52.
* In the old gram. lang., a strengthening part of speech, a word of emphasis: adiciebant et adseverationem, ut heu,Quint. 1, 4, 20: (adseverat heu, dum miserabili orationi ipsius, qui dicit dolorem, adjungit, Spald.).