affectus
Latin
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [afˈfɛk.tʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [afˈfɛk.t̪us]
Etymology 1
Perfect passive participle of afficiō.
Participle
affectus (feminine affecta, neuter affectum); first/second-declension participle
- (having been) endowed with, possessed of
- (having been) influenced, (having been) affected
- (having been) impaired, (having been) weakened
- sick
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
singular | plural | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
nominative | affectus | affecta | affectum | affectī | affectae | affecta | |
genitive | affectī | affectae | affectī | affectōrum | affectārum | affectōrum | |
dative | affectō | affectae | affectō | affectīs | |||
accusative | affectum | affectam | affectum | affectōs | affectās | affecta | |
ablative | affectō | affectā | affectō | affectīs | |||
vocative | affecte | affecta | affectum | affectī | affectae | affecta |
Descendants
References
- “1. affectus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- "affectus", 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)
- 1 adfectus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 34.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to be seriously ill: gravi morbo affectum esse, conflictari, vexari
- to be so disposed: ita animo affectum esse
- to be seriously ill: gravi morbo affectum esse, conflictari, vexari
- “affectus²” on page 77 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
Etymology 2
From afficiō (“I affect”) + -tus (action noun-forming suffix).
Noun
affectus m (genitive affectūs); fourth declension
Declension
Fourth-declension noun.
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | affectus | affectūs |
genitive | affectūs | affectuum |
dative | affectuī | affectibus |
accusative | affectum | affectūs |
ablative | affectū | affectibus |
vocative | affectus | affectūs |
Descendants
- Asturian: afeutu
- Galician: afeito, afeuto
- Italian: affetto
- → Catalan: afecte
- → Dutch: affect
- → Indonesian: afek
- → Portuguese: afeto (semi-learned)
- → Spanish: afecto
References
- “2. affectus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- 2 adfectŭs in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 34/3.
- “affectus¹” on page 77 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)