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.

    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.