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

• Nec tantillum cruciarius ille vel fortuna tam magni iudicii vel confertae conspectu curiae vel certe noxia conscientia sua deterritus, quae ipse finxerat quasi vera asseverare atque asserere incipit: (Apuleius, Metamorphoses, book 10 7:7)

  (아풀레이우스, 변신, 10권 7:7)

• Nam illud quod Hyginus antiquos secutus auctores prodidit, ipse non expertus asseverare non audeo: (Columella, Lucius Junius Moderatus, Res Rustica, book 9, chapter 13 3:2)

  (콜루멜라, 루키우스 유니우스 모데라투스, 농업론, 9권, 13장 3:2)

• praeter haec Celsus excludere, asseverare, detrectare, excitare iudicem, proverbiis uti, et versibus et ioco et invidia et invocatione intendere crimen (quod est δείνωσισ), adulari, ignoscere, fastidire, admonere, satisfacere, precari, corripere, figuras putat. (Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Liber IX 150:1)

  (퀸틸리아누스, 변론 가정 교육, 150:1)

• 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