confirmātīvus, a, um, adj. [confirmo],
serving for confirmation, confirmative : adverbia (profecto, scilicet, quippe, etc.), Prisc. pp. 1020 and 1056 P: conjunctio, Diom. 411 ib.; Prisc. p. 1032 ib.: verbum, Ambros. Abrah. 2, 11, 89.—Subst.: confirmātī-vum , i, n., an affirmation, affirmative : duo negativa confirmativum faciunt, Schol. Juv. 14, 127; 6, 457.—Adv.: confirmā-tīvē , Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 41; Prisc. p. 1149 P.