affecto

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *adfaktāō, frequentative of *adfakjō (“affect”), from *ad + *fakjō (“do, make”). Surface analysis is frequentative of afficiō, from ad- +‎ faciō.

Pronunciation

Verb

affectō (present infinitive affectāre, perfect active affectāvī, supine affectātum); first conjugation

  1. to strive after, pursue, aim to do
    Synonyms: lūctor, certō, cōnītor, cōnor, ēnītor, appetō, ēlabōrō, tendō, temptō, quaerō, studeō, contendō, adnītor, īnsequor, labōrō, pugnō, molior, perīclitor, nītor, dēstinō, spectō, intendō
  2. to desire, aspire at
    Synonyms: requīrō, aveō, cupiō, quaerō, indigeō, studeō, concupiō, petō, sitiō, expetō, spectō, voveō, circumspiciō, appetō
    Antonyms: āversor, abhorreō
  3. (with viam) to enter on or take a way, set out on, journey
  4. (with spem) to cling to, cherish
  5. to seize, lay hold of
  6. to seek to draw, try to win over or attempt to lay hold of
  7. to pretend to have, affect, feign
    Synonyms: fingō, simulō, mentior, ēmentior, dissimulō, praetendō

Conjugation

   Conjugation of affectō (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present affectō affectās affectat affectāmus affectātis affectant
imperfect affectābam affectābās affectābat affectābāmus affectābātis affectābant
future affectābō affectābis affectābit affectābimus affectābitis affectābunt
perfect affectāvī affectāvistī affectāvit affectāvimus affectāvistis affectāvērunt,
affectāvēre
pluperfect affectāveram affectāverās affectāverat affectāverāmus affectāverātis affectāverant
future perfect affectāverō affectāveris affectāverit affectāverimus affectāveritis affectāverint
passive present affector affectāris,
affectāre 		affectātur affectāmur affectāminī affectantur
imperfect affectābar affectābāris,
affectābāre 		affectābātur affectābāmur affectābāminī affectābantur
future affectābor affectāberis,
affectābere 		affectābitur affectābimur affectābiminī affectābuntur
perfect affectātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect affectātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect affectātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present affectem affectēs affectet affectēmus affectētis affectent
imperfect affectārem affectārēs affectāret affectārēmus affectārētis affectārent
perfect affectāverim affectāverīs affectāverit affectāverīmus affectāverītis affectāverint
pluperfect affectāvissem affectāvissēs affectāvisset affectāvissēmus affectāvissētis affectāvissent
passive present affecter affectēris,
affectēre 		affectētur affectēmur affectēminī affectentur
imperfect affectārer affectārēris,
affectārēre 		affectārētur affectārēmur affectārēminī affectārentur
perfect affectātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect affectātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — affectā — — affectāte —
future — affectātō affectātō — affectātōte affectantō
passive present — affectāre — — affectāminī —
future — affectātor affectātor — — affectantor
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present affectāre affectārī affectāns —
future affectātūrum esse affectātum īrī affectātūrus affectandus
perfect affectāvisse affectātum esse — affectātus
future perfect — affectātum fore — —
perfect potential affectātūrum fuisse — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
affectandī affectandō affectandum affectandō affectātum affectātū

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • “affecto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • affecto 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 infirm through old age: aetate affecta esse

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Noun

affecto m (plural affectos)

  1. Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of afeto.
    • 1880, Maria Amalia Vaz de Carvalho, “A Cigana [Gypsy]”, in Contos e phantasias [Short stories and fantasies]‎[2], 2nd edition, Lisbon: Parceria Antonio Maria Pereira, published 1905, page 152:
      Luiza amava, e amava com o primeiro e grande affecto de quinze annos.
      Luiza was in love, and she loved with the first and profound affection of a fifteen-year-old.

Etymology 2

Verb

affecto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of affectar
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