affecto

Latin

Alternative forms

• adfectō
• (deponent form) affector, adfector

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *adfaktāō, frequentative of *adfakjō (“affect”), from *ad + *fakjō (“do, make”). Surface analysis is frequentative of afficiō, from ad- +‎ faciō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [afˈfɛk.toː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [afˈfɛk.to]

Verb

affectō (present infinitive affectāre, perfect active affectāvī, supine affectātum); first conjugation

1. 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

2. to desire, aspire at

   Synonyms: requīrō, aveō, cupiō, quaerō, indigeō, studeō, concupiō, petō, sitiō, expetō, spectō, voveō, circumspiciō, appetō

   Antonyms: āversor, abhorreō

3. (with viam) to enter on or take a way, set out on, journey
4. (with spem) to cling to, cherish
5. to seize, lay hold of
6. to seek to draw, try to win over or attempt to lay hold of
7. to pretend to have, affect, feign

   Synonyms: fingō, simulō, mentior, ēmentior, dissimulō, praetendō

Conjugation

   Conjugation of affectō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	affectō		affectās		affectat		affectāmus		affectātis		affectant
	imperfect	affectābam		affectābās		affectābat		affectābāmus		affectābātis		affectābant
	future	affectābō		affectābis		affectābit		affectābimus		affectābitis		affectābunt
	perfect	affectāvī		affectāvistī		affectāvit		affectāvimus		affectāvistis		affectāvērunt, affectāvēre
	pluperfect	affectāveram		affectāverās		affectāverat		affectāverāmus		affectāverātis		affectāverant
	future perfect	affectāverō		affectāveris		affectāverit		affectāverimus		affectāveritis		affectāverint
passive	present	affector		affectāris, affectāre		affectātur		affectāmur		affectāminī		affectantur
	imperfect	affectābar		affectābāris, affectābāre		affectābātur		affectābāmur		affectābāminī		affectābantur
	future	affectābor		affectāberis, affectābere		affectābitur		affectābimur		affectābiminī		affectābuntur
	perfect	affectātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	affectātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	affectātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	affectem		affectēs		affectet		affectēmus		affectētis		affectent
	imperfect	affectārem		affectārēs		affectāret		affectārēmus		affectārētis		affectārent
	perfect	affectāverim		affectāverīs		affectāverit		affectāverīmus		affectāverītis		affectāverint
	pluperfect	affectāvissem		affectāvissēs		affectāvisset		affectāvissēmus		affectāvissētis		affectāvissent
passive	present	affecter		affectēris, affectēre		affectētur		affectēmur		affectēminī		affectentur
	imperfect	affectārer		affectārēris, affectārēre		affectārētur		affectārēmur		affectārēminī		affectārentur
	perfect	affectātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	affectātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		affectā		—		—		affectāte		—
	future	—		affectātō		affectātō		—		affectātōte		affectantō
passive	present	—		affectāre		—		—		affectāminī		—
	future	—		affectātor		affectātor		—		—		affectantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		affectāre			affectārī			affectāns			—
future		affectātūrum esse			affectātum īrī			affectātūrus			affectandus
perfect		affectāvisse			affectātum esse			—			affectātus
future perfect		—			affectātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		affectātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		affectandī		affectandō		affectandum		affectandō		affectātum		affectātū

Derived terms

• affectātiō
• affectātō
• affectātor
• affectātus

Related terms

• affectātrīx
• affectātus
• affectē
• affectiō
• affectiōsus
• affector
• affectuōsus
• affectus
• afficiō

Descendants

• Aragonese: afeitar
• Asturian: afaitar
• → Asturian: afeutar
• → Catalan: afectar
• Catalan: afaitar
• → French: affecter
• Galician: afeitar
• Italian: affettare
• Leonese: afeitar
  • → Spanish: afeitar
• → Middle English: affecten
  • English: affect
• → Portuguese: afectar, afetar
• → Romanian: afecta
• → Spanish: afectar
• Spanish: ahechar

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^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to be infirm through old age: aetate affecta esse
    

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Noun

affecto m (plural affectos)

1. pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of afeto
   • 1880, Maria Amalia Vaz de Carvalho, “A Cigana [Gypsy]”, in Contos e phantasias [Short stories and fantasies]‎^[2], 2nd edition, Lisbon: Parceria Antonio Maria Pereira, published 1905, page 152:

     Luiza amava, e amava com o primeiro e grande affecto de quinze annos.

     Luiza was in love, and she loved with the first and profound affection of a fifteen-year-old.

Etymology 2

Verb

affecto

1. first-person singular present indicative of affectar