Which statement accurately reflects Dictum de Omni regarding universal affirmation and related terms?

• A. It asserts nothing about related terms
• B. It asserts that universal affirmation applies only to the term itself
• C. It asserts that what is affirmed universally of a term is affirmed of every term under that term
• D. It asserts that universal affirmation is never transferable

Answer: (C)

Dictum de Omni expresses how a universal affirmation flows from a broader term to all terms beneath it in the genus–species chain. If something is affirmed of all members of a broad term, that same affirmation holds for every more specific term contained under it. For example, if all mammals are animals, and dogs are mammals, then all dogs are animals. This illustrates the transfer of the universal predicate from the general term to its subterms.

So the statement that best captures Dictum de Omni is that what is affirmed universally of a term is affirmed of every term under that term.