affectatio Latin · revision 9417

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Seneca|origins=la faciō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [af.fɛkˈtaː.ti.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [af.fekˈtat.t͡si.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''affectātiō''' ''f'' (genitive affectātiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

+ Also spelled ''adfectātiō''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[affectō]] “to strive after” with the suffix [[-tiō]]; ⟨affectō⟩ is the frequentative of [[afficiō]], from [[ad-]] and [[faciō]] “to do”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Seneca, of striving after something.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Seneca 4 BC–65 AD.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It was a striving after, an aspiration, as in Seneca; in rhetoric a straining after effect, affectation, as in Quintilian; and a laying claim to something, as in Tacitus.^(OLD 2012) Lewis & Short note that it is mostly post-Augustan.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ Medieval Latin used it for an act of conveyance.^(Niermeyer 1976) British Medieval Latin used it for an effort.^(DMLBS) [[en|affectation]] (1540s, “studied display”) came through French or directly from Latin.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 35–95/96 AD – Quintilian uses it of affectation.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus uses it of laying claim.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1540s – English ''affectation'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A striving after, [[m|en|aspiration]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(rhetoric)'' Straining after effect, [[m|en|affectation]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # A laying claim.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' An act of [[m|en|conveyance]].^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[affectō]]

+ * [[afficiō]]

+ * [[en|affectation]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}