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): /afˈfek.toː/, [äfˈfɛkt̪oː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /afˈfek.to/, [äfˈfɛkt̪o]

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

Conjugation

Conjugation of affectō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular			plural
indicative		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
subjunctive		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
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	affectā	—	—	affectāte	—
active	future	—	affectātō	affectātō	—	affectātōte	affectantō
passive	present	—	affectāre	—	—	affectāminī	—
passive	future	—	affectātor	affectātor	—	—	affectantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		affectāre	affectāvisse	affectātūrum esse	affectārī	affectātum esse	affectātum īrī
participles		affectāns	—	affectātūrus	—	affectātus	affectandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		affectandī	affectandō	affectandum	affectandō	affectātum	affectātū

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

Aragonese: afeitar
Asturian: afaitar
→ 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)

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

first-person singular present indicative of affectar