LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbfirst conjugation

affectō

affectō (present infinitive affectāre, perfect active affectāvī, supine affectātum)
Classical[afˈfɛk.toː]Ecclesiastical[afˈfɛk.to]

Meaning

  1. to strive after, pursue, aim to do
  2. to desire, aspire at
  3. to enter on or take a way, set out on, journey
  4. to cling to, cherish
  5. to seize, lay hold of
  6. to seek to draw, try to win over or attempt to lay hold of
  7. to pretend to have, affect, feign

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Conjugation conjugation 1

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.affectōaffectābamaffectābōaffectāvīaffectāveramaffectāverō
affectārō
2nd sg.affectāsaffectābāsaffectābisaffectāvistī
affectāstī		affectāverās
affectārās		affectāveris
3rd sg.affectataffectābataffectābitaffectāvitaffectāverat
affectārat		affectāverit
affectārit
1st pl.affectāmusaffectābāmusaffectābimusaffectāvimusaffectāverāmusaffectāverimus
affectārimus
2nd pl.affectātisaffectābātisaffectābitisaffectāvistis
affectāstis		affectāverātis
affectārātis		affectāveritis
affectāritis
3rd pl.affectantaffectābantaffectābuntaffectāvērunt
affectāvēre, affectārunt		affectāverant
affectārant		affectāverint
affectārint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.affectemaffectāremaffectāverim
affectārim		affectāvissem
affectāssem
2nd sg.affectēsaffectārēsaffectāverīsaffectāvissēs
affectāssēs
3rd sg.affectetaffectāretaffectāverit
affectārit		affectāvisset
affectāsset
1st pl.affectēmusaffectārēmusaffectāverīmus
affectārīmus		affectāvissēmus
affectāssēmus
2nd pl.affectētisaffectārētisaffectāverītis
affectārītis		affectāvissētis
affectāssētis
3rd pl.affectentaffectārentaffectāverint
affectārint		affectāvissent
affectāssent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.affectoraffectābaraffectābor
2nd sg.affectāris
affectāre		affectābāris
affectābāre		affectāberis
affectābere
3rd sg.affectāturaffectābāturaffectābitur
1st pl.affectāmuraffectābāmuraffectābimur
2nd pl.affectāminīaffectābāminīaffectābiminī
3rd pl.affectanturaffectābanturaffectābuntur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.affecteraffectārer
2nd sg.affectēris
affectēre		affectārēris
affectārēre
3rd sg.affectēturaffectārētur
1st pl.affectēmuraffectārēmur
2nd pl.affectēminīaffectārēminī
3rd pl.affectenturaffectārentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.affectāaffectāre
pres. 2nd pl.affectāteaffectāminī
fut. 2nd sg.affectātōaffectātor
fut. 3rd sg.affectātōaffectātor
fut. 2nd pl.affectātōte—
fut. 3rd pl.affectantōaffectantor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiveaffectāreaffectārī
perfect infinitiveaffectāvisse
affectāsse		affectātum esse
future infinitiveaffectātūrum esseaffectātum īrī
present participleaffectāns—
perfect participle—affectātus
affectāta, affectātā, affectātae, affectātam, affectātārum, affectātās, affectātī, affectātōrum, affectātōs
future participleaffectātūrus
affectātūra, affectātūrā, affectātūrae, affectātūram, affectātūrārum, affectātūrās, affectātūre, affectātūrī, affectātūrīs, affectātūrō, affectātūrōrum, affectātūrōs, affectātūrum		affectandus
affectanda, affectandā, affectandae, affectandam, affectandārum, affectandās, affectande, affectandīs, affectandōrum, affectandōs
gerundaffectandī, affectandō, affectandumsupineaffectātum, affectātū

affecto (better adf-), āvi, ātum, 1,
I. v. freq. [adficio]; constr. aliquid.
I. To strive after a thing, to exert one's self to obtain, to pursue, to aim to do: adfectare est pronum animum ad faciendum habere, Paul. ex Fest. p. 2 Müll.—So, adfectare viam or iter, trop., to enter on or take a way, in order to arrive at a destined point (very freq. in Plaut. and Ter.): ut me defraudes, ad eam rem adfectas viam, you are on your way to this, Plaut. Men. 4, 3, 12; id. Aul. 3, 6, 39: hi gladiatorio animo ad me adfectant viam, set upon me, Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 71; so id. Heaut. 2, 3, 60: quam viam munitet, quod iter adfectet, videtis, Cic. Rosc. Am. 48.—So in other cases: cur opus adfectas novum? Ov. Am. 1, 1, 14: adfectare spem, to cling to or cherish, Liv. 28, 18; cf. Ov. M. 5, 377: navem, to seize or lay hold of: verum ubi nulla datur dextrā adfectare potestas (of the giant Polyphemus), Verg. A. 3, 670.—
II. To endeavor to make one's own, to pursue, strive after, aspire to, aim at, desire: munditiem, non adfluentiam adfectabat, Nep. Att. 13, 5; Cic. Her. 4, 22: diligentiam, Plin. 17, 1, 1: magnificentiam verborum, Quint. 3, 8, 61: elegantiam Graecae orationis verbis Latinis, Gell. 17, 20: artem, Val. Max. 8, 7, n. 1 extr.—Pass.: morbo adfectari, to be seized or attacked by disease, Liv. 29, 10 init.—
B. In a bad sense, to strive after a thing passionately, to aim at or aspire to: dominationes, Sall. Fragm. ap. Aug. Civ. Dei, 3, 17: caelum, Ov. Am. 3, 8, 51: uniones, Plin. 9, 35, 56: regnum, Liv. 1, 46, 2; 2, 7, 6: imperium in Latinos, id. 1, 50, 4: cruorem alicujus, Stat. Th. 11, 539: immortalitatem, Curt. 4, 7.—Also with inf. as object, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 1, 9: non ego sidereas adfecto tangere sedes, Ov. A. A. 2, 39; Stat. Th. 1, 132: Sil. 4, 138; Quint. 5, 10, 28: qui esse docti adfectant, id. 10, 1, 97.—
C. In the histt., to seek to draw to one's self, to try to gain over: civitates formidine adfectare, Sall. J. 66: Gallias, Vell. 2, 39: Galliarum societatem, Tac. H. 4, 17; 1, 23; 4, 66; id. G. 37, 9; Flor. 2, 2, 3.—
D. To imitate a thing faultily, or with dissimulation, to affect, feign (only post-Aug.): crebrum anhelitum, Quint. 11, 3, 56: imitationem antiquitatis, id. 11, 3, 10: famam clementiae, Tac. H. 2, 63: studium carminum, id. A. 14, 16; so Suet. Vesp. 23: Plin. Pan. 20.—Hence, adfectātus, a, um, P. a.; in rhetoric, choice, select, or farfetched; studied: subtilitas, Quint. 3, 11, 21: scurrilitas, id. 11, 1, 30: (gradatio) apertiorem habet artem et magis adfectatam, id. 9, 3, 54: adfectata et parum naturalia, id. 11, 3, 10 (but in 12, 10, 45 the correct read. is effectius, acc. to Spald.).—Adv.: adfec-tātō, studiously, zealously, Lampr. Heliog. 17.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  2. Proto-Italic*ad
  3. Proto-Italic*ad-
  4. Latinaffectō

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti Proto-Italic *θakjō Proto-Italic *fakjō Latin faciō Latin afficiō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -tō Latin affectō From afficiō + -tō.

Descendants
  • Catalanafectar
  • Catalanafaitar
  • Frenchaffecter
  • Italianaffettare
  • Spanishafeitarfrom Leonese afeitar
  • Englishaffectfrom Middle English affecten
  • Portugueseafectar
  • Portugueseafetar
  • Romanianafecta
  • Spanishafectar

Quick answers

What does affectō mean in Latin?
affectō, a verb, means “to strive after, pursue, aim to do; to desire, aspire at; to enter on or take a way, set out on, journey”.
What are the principal parts of affectō?
affectō, affectāre, affectāvī, affectātum (first conjugation).
How do you pronounce affectō?
In classical Latin, [afˈfɛk.toː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [afˈfɛk.to].
Where does affectō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd → Proto-Italic *ad → Proto-Italic *ad- → Latin affectō.