affinitas

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Latin

Alternative forms

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.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative affīnitās affīnitātēs
Genitive affīnitātis affīnitātum
Dative affīnitātī affīnitātibus
Accusative affīnitātem affīnitātēs
Ablative affīnitāte affīnitātibus
Vocative affīnitās affīnitātēs

Descendants

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.