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Latin
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Etymology
From Proto-Italic *adfaktāō, frequentative of *adfakjō (“affect”), from *ad + *fakjō (“do, make”). Surface analysis is frequentative of afficiō, from ad- + faciō.
Pronunciation
Verb
affectō (present infinitive affectāre, perfect active affectāvī, supine affectātum); first conjugation
- to strive after, pursue, aim to do
- Synonyms: lūctor, certō, cōnītor, cōnor, ēnītor, appetō, ēlabōrō, tendō, temptō, quaerō, studeō, contendō, adnītor, īnsequor, labōrō, pugnō, molior, perīclitor, nītor, dēstinō, spectō, intendō
- to desire, aspire at
- Synonyms: requīrō, aveō, cupiō, quaerō, indigeō, studeō, concupiō, petō, sitiō, expetō, spectō, voveō, circumspiciō, appetō
- Antonyms: āversor, abhorreō
- (with viam) to enter on or take a way, set out on, journey
- (with spem) to cling to, cherish
- to seize, lay hold of
- to seek to draw, try to win over or attempt to lay hold of
- to pretend to have, affect, feign
- Synonyms: fingō, simulō, mentior, ēmentior, dissimulō, praetendō
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References
- “affecto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- affecto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to be infirm through old age: aetate affecta esse