affectatio
Latin
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Etymology
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Latin affectātiō
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [af.fɛkˈtaː.ti.oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [af.fekˈtat.t͡si.o]
Noun
affectātiō f (genitive affectātiōnis); third declension
- The act of striving after.
- (rhetoric) The act of striving for effect in discourse; affectation.
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | affectātiō | affectātiōnēs |
| genitive | affectātiōnis | affectātiōnum |
| dative | affectātiōnī | affectātiōnibus |
| accusative | affectātiōnem | affectātiōnēs |
| ablative | affectātiōne | affectātiōnibus |
| vocative | affectātiō | affectātiōnēs |
Descendants
- English: affectation
- French: affectation
- Italian: affettazione
- Portuguese: afetação
- Romanian: afectație
- Russian: аффекта́ция (affektácija)
- Spanish: afectación
References
- “affectatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “affectatio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.