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affectatio
affectatio
Latin
Alternative forms
Noun
affectātiō f (genitive affectātiōnis); third declension
- The act of striving after.
- (rhetoric) The act of striving for effect in discourse; affectation.
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | affectātiō | affectātiōnēs |
| genitive | affectātiōnis | affectātiōnum |
| dative | affectātiōnī | affectātiōnibus |
| accusative | affectātiōnem | affectātiōnēs |
| ablative | affectātiōne | affectātiōnibus |
| vocative | affectātiō | affectātiōnēs |
Descendants
- English: affectation
- Portuguese: afetação
- Russian: аффекта́ция f (affektácija)
References
- affectatio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “affectatio”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.