adfectationi
Dictionary entries
- Entry →adfectatio, adfectationis:
Feminine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
seeking/striving for, aspiration to; affectation, straining for; claiming;
dat. sg.loc. sg.
Examples
Liber XII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...elaborati requirente: quidquid huc sit adiectum, id esse adfectationis et ambitiosae in loquendo iactantiae, remotum a veritate fictumque..."Liber IX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...legem omnibus sermonibus dare, et id cum manifestae adfectationis est, cuius rei maxime cavenda suspicio est, tum etiam..."
