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affectio

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Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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

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Third-declension noun.

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

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References

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  • affectio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • affectio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s 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)