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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [afˈfɛk.toː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [afˈfɛk.to]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''affectō''' (present infinitive affectāre, perfect active affectāvī, supine affectātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[afficiō]] “to affect” with the frequentative suffix [[-tō]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) It is better spelled ⟨adfectō⟩, and Varro has a deponent ⟨affectātus est⟩.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Terence, of attempting a journey, ''viam affectāre''.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Terence 190–159 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ In Terence it meant to set out on a journey, and in Sallust to strive after, aspire, and to try to win control of, conquer.^(OLD 2012) In Quintilian it meant to strain after a style, and in Livy ''spem affectāre'' to cherish a hope.^(OLD 2012) In Virgil it meant to lay hold of, grasp.^(OLD 2012) From Seneca it meant to pretend, affect, lay claim to.^(OLD 2012)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to pursue, strive after, imitate faultily.^(Stelten 1995) It survives in Italian ''affettare'' and Spanish ''afeitar'' “to shave”, and French ''affecter'' is a borrowing.^(Wiktionary) Wiktionary lists [[en|affect]] among its descendants.^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 190–159 BC – Terence uses ''viam affectāre''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 86–34 BC – Sallust uses it of striving for control.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca uses it of pretending.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To set out on (a journey).^(OLD 2012)
+ # To strive after, aspire; to cherish (a hope).^(OLD 2012)
+ # To try to win control of.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To grasp.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To pretend, [[m|en|affect]].^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[affectātiō]]
+ * [[affectātor]]
+ * [[affectātus]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[affectātrīx]]
+ * [[affectē]]
+ * [[affectiō]]
+ * [[affectiōsus]]
+ * [[affector]]
+ * [[affectuōsus]]
+ * [[affectus]]
+ * [[afficiō]]
+ * [[en|affect]]
+ * [[en|affectation]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}