affinitas

Latin

Alternative forms

• adfīnitās

Etymology

From affīnis +‎ -tās.

Noun

affīnitās f (genitive affīnitātis); third declension

1. relationship or alliance by marriage
2. relationship, affinity, union, connection

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	affīnitās	affīnitātēs
Genitive	affīnitātis	affīnitātum
Dative	affīnitātī	affīnitātibus
Accusative	affīnitātem	affīnitātēs
Ablative	affīnitāte	affīnitātibus
Vocative	affīnitās	affīnitātēs

Descendants

• Catalan: afinitat
• English: affinity
• French: affinité
• Italian: affinità
• Portuguese: afinidade
• Romanian: afinitate
• Spanish: afinidad

References

• “affinitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• affinitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.