Alternative forms

• adfectiō
• adfecciō, affecciō (Medieval Latin)

Etymology

From afficiō (“exert an influence on the body or mind”) +‎ -tiōCategory:Latin terms suffixed with -tio#AFFECTIO.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [afˈfɛk.ti.oː]Category:Latin 4-syllable words#AFFECTIOCategory:Latin terms with IPA pronunciation#AFFECTIO
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [afˈfɛk.t͡si.o]Category:Latin 4-syllable words#AFFECTIOCategory:Latin terms with IPA pronunciation#AFFECTIO

Noun

affectiō f (genitive affectiōnis)Category:Latin lemmas#AFFECTIOCategory:Latin nouns#AFFECTIOCategory:Latin third declension nouns#AFFECTIOCategory:Latin feminine nouns in the third declension#AFFECTIOCategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#AFFECTIOCategory:Latin feminine nouns#AFFECTIOCategory:Pages with entries#AFFECTIOCategory:Pages with 1 entry#AFFECTIO; third declension

1. The relation or disposition towards something produced in a person.
2. A change in the state of the body or mind of a person; feeling, emotion.
3. Love, affection or good will towards somebody.
4. (Late LatinCategory:Late Latin#AFFECTIO, in the Pandects of Justinian, 6th century) Will, volition, inclination.

References

• “affectio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "affectio", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “affectio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • a good constitution: firma corporis constitutio or affectio
    
  • humour; disposition: animi affectio or habitus (De Inv. 2. 5)
    

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