affectatio

Latin

Alternative forms

adfectātiō

Etymology

From affectō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /af.fekˈtaː.ti.oː/, [äfːɛkˈt̪äːt̪ioː]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /af.fekˈtat.t͡si.o/, [äfːekˈt̪ät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

affectātiō f (genitive affectātiōnis); third declension

The act of striving after.
(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
Romanian: afectație
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.

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