affectatio

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From affectō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

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.

singular plural
nominative affectātiō affectātiōnēs
genitive affectātiōnis affectātiōnum
dative affectātiōnī affectātiōnibus
accusative affectātiōnem affectātiōnēs
ablative affectātiōne affectātiōnibus
vocative affectātiō affectātiōnēs

Descendants

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.