affectus

Latin

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Perfect passive participle of afficiō.

Participle

affectus (feminine affecta, neuter affectum); first/second-declension participle

  1. (having been) endowed with, possessed of
  2. (having been) influenced, (having been) affected
  3. (having been) impaired, (having been) weakened
  4. sick
    Synonyms: aeger, fessus, īnfirmus, miser, languidus
    Antonyms: sānus, salvus, validus, integer, intāctus, salūber
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
  • Italian: affetto
  • English: affect
  • Spanish: afecto

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
  • 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

  1. affection, mood, emotion, feeling
  2. affection, fondness, compassion, sympathy, love
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

References