affector

English

Etymology

affect +‎ -or

Noun

affector (plural affectors)

1. A nerve cell that directly activates a muscle
   • 2015 July 10, “Data-Driven Method to Estimate Nonlinear Chemical Equivalence”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     This condition is intuitive: if the sigmoid-like positive and negative affectors that compose the biphasic equation were positioned “further apart” by increasing the interval lnK + − lnK - (e.g., Fig B in S1 File ), then saturation levels for the positive affector more closely match the starting levels of the negative affector, and in sigmoid models that exhibit very good agreement with the overall biphasic relationship.

Latin

Alternative forms

• adfector

Etymology

From affectō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /afˈfek.tor/, [äfˈfɛkt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /afˈfek.tor/, [äfˈfɛkt̪or]

Verb

affector (present infinitive affectārī, perfect active affectātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

1. to strive eagerly after
2. to have an inclination for, to become attached to

Conjugation

Conjugation of affector (first conjugation, deponent)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	affector	affectāris, affectāre	affectātur	affectāmur	affectāminī	affectantur
	imperfect	affectābar	affectābāris, affectābāre	affectābātur	affectābāmur	affectābāminī	affectābantur
	future	affectābor	affectāberis, affectābere	affectābitur	affectābimur	affectābiminī	affectābuntur
	perfect	affectātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	affectātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	affectātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	affecter	affectēris, affectēre	affectētur	affectēmur	affectēminī	affectentur
	imperfect	affectārer	affectārēris, affectārēre	affectārētur	affectārēmur	affectārēminī	affectārentur
	perfect	affectātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	affectātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	affectāre	—	—	affectāminī	—
	future	—	affectātor	affectātor	—	—	affectantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		affectārī	affectātum esse	affectātūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		affectāns	affectātus	affectātūrus	—	—	affectandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		affectandī	affectandō	affectandum	affectandō	affectātum	affectātū

Verb

affector

1. first-person singular present passive indicative of affectō

References

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