affinis

affinis

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd
Proto-Italic *ad
Latin ad
Latin fīnis
Latin affinis

    From ad + fīnis (“boundary”).

    Pronunciation

    Adjective

    affīnis (neuter affīne); third-declension two-termination adjective

    1. neighbouring, allied to, kindred
    2. partaking, taking part in, privy to, sharing, associated with
      Synonym: particeps
      Antonym: expers

    Declension

    Third-declension two-termination adjective.

    singular plural
    masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
    nominative affīnis affīne affīnēs affīnia
    genitive affīnis affīnium
    dative affīnī affīnibus
    accusative affīnem affīne affīnīs
    affīnēs     		affīnia
    ablative affīnī affīnibus
    vocative affīnis affīne affīnēs affīnia

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Translingual: Bombus affinis
    • Catalan: afí
    • English: affine
    • French: affin, affinité
    • German: affin
    • Italian: affine
    • Portuguese: afim
    • Romanian: afin
    • Spanish: afín
    • Swedish: affin
    • Russian: аффинный (affinnyj)

    References

    • “affinis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “affinis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
      • to be almost culpable: affinem esse culpae
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