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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [afˈfɛk.ti.oː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [afˈfɛk.t͡si.o]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''affectiō''' ''f'' (genitive affectiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)
+ It is also spelled ''adfectiō''.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[afficiō]] “to affect, influence” with the suffix [[-tiō]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's earliest citations are from Cicero, of a state of mind.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ In Cicero, usually with ''animī'', it meant a frame of mind, a mood, and a lasting disposition; it also meant a phase of a situation, and the position of the heavenly bodies.^(OLD 2012) In Tacitus it meant a feeling towards something, in Gellius liking, affection, love, and in Ulpian a purpose.^(OLD 2012)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant disposition, feeling, will, volition.^(Stelten 1995) British Medieval Latin used it for feeling, emotion, liking, inclination and tendency.^(DMLBS) It survives in Italian ''affezione'', French ''affection'' and Spanish ''afición'', and through Old French it gave [[en|affection]] about 1200, first meaning “desire, inclination”.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of a frame of mind.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus uses it of a feeling.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * c. 165 AD – Gellius uses it of love.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * c. 1200 – English ''affection'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Noun===
+ # A frame of mind, mood.^(OLD 2012)
+ # A feeling, reaction.^(OLD 2012)
+ # A [[m|en|disposition]].^(OLD 2012)
+ # [[m|en|Affection]], love.^(OLD 2012)
+ # A purpose.^(OLD 2012)
+ # A phase; the position of the heavenly bodies.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[affectiōsus]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[affectātiō]]
+ * [[affectātor]]
+ * [[affectātrīx]]
+ * [[affectātus]]
+ * [[affectē]]
+ * [[affectiōnātus]]
+ * [[affectō]]
+ * [[affectus]]
+ * [[afficiō]]
+ * [[en|affection]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}