뜻

2. 확언하다, 주장하다, 인정하다, 단언하다
3. 보여주다, 입증하다, 전시하다, 알리다, 알게 하다

1. I do any thing with earnestness, pursue earnestly; I am serious.
2. I assert, declare positively, affirm.
3. I make known, prove, demonstrate, show.
4. I make grave or serious.

예문

• Regionum autem incolae id magis omnibus asseverant, quod etiam nos legimus in monumentis eorum incisum, Amphitryonis filium Herculem ad Geryonis et Taurisci saevum tyrannorum perniciem festinasse, quorum alter Hispanias, alter Gallias infestabat; (Ammianus Marcellinus, Rerum Gestarum libri qui supersunt, Liber XV, chapter 9 6:1)

  (암미아누스 마르켈리누스, 사건 연대기, , 9장 6:1)

• Maxime vero id profitentur, cum ea praedicantur quae ad divinitatis naturam, et ad sanctae Trinitatis pertinent discretionem, quae penitus in hac vita non posse intelligi asseverant, sed hoc ipsum intelligi vitam dicunt aeternam, juxta illud Veritatis: (Petrus Abaelardus, Theologia scholarium, Liber secundus 18:2)

  (피에르 아벨라르, , 18:2)

• In media si quidem testudine ejusdem templi moderni, quod nunc mirifico opere signorum desuper murorum parietes in circuitu continet, rotundam catenam infixam esse asseverant, in qua vas aurei fulgoris et operis, ponderis vero circiter ducentarum marcarum, pendere semper solet. (ALBERT OF AIX, HISTORIA HIEROSOLYMITANAE EXPEDITIONIS, LIBER VI 48:9)

  (, , 48:9)

• non enim laeta facie nec sermone dicaculo, sed vultuosam frontem rugis insurgentibus asseverabat. (Apuleius, Metamorphoses, book 3 12:2)

  (아풀레이우스, 변신, 3권 12:2)

• "Adiuro enim tuum mihi carissimum caput, nulli me prorsus ac ne tibi quidem ipsi asseveranti posse credere;" (Apuleius, Metamorphoses, book 3 13:4)

  (아풀레이우스, 변신, 3권 13:4)

유의어 사전

1. Dicere denotes to say, as conveying information, in reference to the hearer, in opp. to tacere, like the neutral word loqui. Cic. Rull. ii. 1. Ver. ii. 1, 71, 86. Plin. Ep. iv. 20. vii. 6, like λέγειν; but aio expresses an affirmation, with reference to the speaker, in opp. to nego. Cic. Off. iii. 23. Plaut. Rud. ii. 4, 14. Terent. Eun. ii. 2, 21, like φάναι. 2. Ait is in construction with an indirect form of speech, and therefore generally governs an infinitive; whereas inquit is in construction with a direct form of speech, and therefore admits an indicative, imperative, or conjunctive. 3. Aio denotes the simple affirmation of a proposition by merely expressing it, whereas asseverare, affirmare, contendere, denote an emphatic affirmation; asseverare is to affirm in earnest, in opp. to a jocular, or even light affirmation, jocari. Cic. Brut. 85; affirmare, to affirm as certain, in opp. to doubts and rumors, dubitare, Divin. ii. 3, 8; contendere, to affirm against contradiction, and to maintain one’s opinion, in opp. to yielding it up, or renouncing it. 4. Dicere (δεῖξαι) denotes to say, without any accessory notion, whereas loqui (λακεῖν), as a transitive verb, with the contemptuous accessory notion that that which is said is mere idle talk. Cic. Att. xiv. 4. Horribile est quæ loquantur, quæ minitentur. 5. Loqui denotes speaking in general; fabulari, a good-humored, or, at least, pleasant mode of speaking, to pass away the time, in which no heed is taken of the substance and import of what is said, like λαλεῖν; lastly, dicere, as a neuter verb, denotes a speech prepared according to the rules of art, a studied speech, particularly from the rostrum, like λέγειν. Liv. xlv. 39. Tu, centurio, miles, quid de imperatore Paulo senatus decreverit potius quam quid Sergio Galba fabuletur audi, et hoc dicere me potius quam illum audi; ille nihil præterquam loqui, et id ipsum maledice et maligne didicit. Cic. Brut. 58. Scipio sane mihi bene et loqui videtur et dicere. Orat. iii. 10. Neque enim conamur docere eum dicere qui loqui nesciat. Orat. 32. Muren. 34, 71. Suet. Cl. 4. Qui tam ἀσαφῶς loquatur, qui possit quum declamat σαφῶς dicere quæ dicenda sunt non video. 6. Fari (φάναι) denotes speaking, as the mechanical use of the organs of speech to articulate sounds and words, nearly in opp. to infantem esse; whereas loqui (λακεῖν), as the means of giving utterance to one’s thoughts, in opp. to tacere. And as fari may be sometimes limited to the utterance of single words, it easily combines with the image of an unusual, imposing, oracular brevity, as in the decrees of fate, fati; whereas loqui, as a usual mode of speaking, is applicable to excess in speaking, loquacitas. (iv. 1.)

출처: Döderlein's Hand-book of Latin Synonymes by Ludwig von Doederlein