affectatio
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /af.fekˈtaː.ti.oː/, [äfːɛkˈt̪äːt̪ioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /af.fekˈtat.t͡si.o/, [äfːekˈt̪ät̪ː͡s̪io]
Noun edit
affectātiō f (genitive affectātiōnis); third declension
- The act of striving after.
- (rhetoric) The act of striving for effect in discourse; affectation.
Declension edit
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | affectātiō | affectātiōnēs |
| Genitive | affectātiōnis | affectātiōnum |
| Dative | affectātiōnī | affectātiōnibus |
| Accusative | affectātiōnem | affectātiōnēs |
| Ablative | affectātiōne | affectātiōnibus |
| Vocative | affectātiō | affectātiōnēs |
Descendants edit
- English: affectation
- French: affectation
- Italian: affettazione
- Portuguese: afetação
- Romanian: afectație
- Russian: аффекта́ция (affektácija)
- Spanish: afectación
References edit
- “affectatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- affectatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.