affectatio

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Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From affectō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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affectātiō f (genitive affectātiōnis); third declension

  1. The act of striving after.
  2. (rhetoric) The act of striving for effect in discourse; affectation.

Declension

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Third-declension noun.

Descendants

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References

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  • 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.