Latin

Verb

asserō ‎(present infinitive asserere, perfect active assēvī, supine assitum); third conjugation

1. (transitive) I sow, plant or set near something.

Inflection

Derived terms

• assitus

Related terms

Etymology 2

From ad- +‎ serō ‎(“join or bind together”).

Verb

asserō ‎(present infinitive asserere, perfect active asseruī, supine assertum); third conjugation

1. I join someone or something to myself.
2. (law, often with manu, in libertatem or liberali causa) I declare someone to be free by laying hands upon him; set free, liberate.
3. (law, often with manu or in servitutem) I declare someone to be a slave by laying hands upon him; claim as a slave.
4. I free from, protect, preserve, defend, defend against.
5. I declare something to be my own possession, arrogate, claim.
6. I maintain, affirm, allege, assert, declare.

Inflection

Synonyms

• (arrogate): arrogō

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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “assero”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.