affectatio

Latin

Alternative forms

• adfectātiō

Etymology

From affectō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /af.fekˈtaː.ti.oː/, [äfːɛkˈt̪äːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /af.fekˈtat.t͡si.o/, [äfːekˈt̪ät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

affectātiō f (genitive affectātiōnis); third declension

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

Declension

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

• English: affectation
• French: affectation
• Italian: affettazione
• Portuguese: afetação
• Russian: аффекта́ция (affektácija)
• Spanish: afectación

References

• “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.