affectator Latin · revision 9836

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Quintilian|origins=ine-pro *dʰeh₁-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [af.fekˈtaː.tor]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''affectātor''' ''m'' (genitive affectātōris, feminine affectātrīx); third declension^(Wiktionary)

+ Also spelled ''adfectātor''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|affectō|-tor|t1=to strive after]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) ⟨affectō⟩ is a frequentative of [[m|la|afficiō]], from [[m|la|ad-]] and [[m|la|faciō|t=to do]].^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Its earliest source is Quintilian, who has ''nimius rīsūs affectātor'' “one who strives too much for laughs”.^(Köbler 2010)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Köbler dates Quintilian c. 35–95/96 AD.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant a person who strives to obtain or produce something, a zealous seeker, an aspirant, often in a bad sense, as in Quintilian, and in Eutropius ''iūstī amōris affectātor'' “one who sought rightful love”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ In Medieval Latin, as ''affectātor'' or ''affaitātor'', it was a tanner.^(Niermeyer 1976) British Medieval Latin used it for a desirer and a pretender.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 35–95/96 AD – Quintilian uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1144 – A charter uses it.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A zealous seeker, [[m|en|aspirant]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A [[m|en|tanner]].^(Niermeyer 1976)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A [[m|en|pretender]].^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[affectō]]

+ * [[afficiō]]

+ * [[affectātiō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}