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.

	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.