affectio

affectio

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

    From afficiō (to exert an influence on the body or mind) + -tiō.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    affectiō f (genitive affectiōnis); third declension

    1. The relation or disposition towards something produced in a person.
    2. A change in the state of the body or mind of a person; feeling, emotion.
    3. Love, affection or good will towards somebody.
    4. (Late Latin, in the Pandects of Justinian, 6th century) Will, volition, inclination.

    Declension

    Third-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative affectiō affectiōnēs
    genitive affectiōnis affectiōnum
    dative affectiōnī affectiōnibus
    accusative affectiōnem affectiōnēs
    ablative affectiōne affectiōnibus
    vocative affectiō affectiōnēs

    Descendants

    References

    • affectio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • "affectio", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
    • affectio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
      • a good constitution: firma corporis constitutio or affectio
      • humour; disposition: animi affectio or habitus (De Inv. 2. 5)