adfectionibus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →adfectio, adfectionis:
Feminine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
mental condition, mood, feeling, disposition; affection, love; purpose;
abl. pl.dat. pl.loc. pl.
Examples
Libri XIV-XV
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...habet partes, alteram animosam, ambitiosam, inpotentem, positam in adfectionibus, alteram humilem, languidam, voluptatibus deditam: illam effrenatam, meliorem tamen..."Liber XI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...persequemur omnis argutias nec in loquendo distinctionibus temporibus adfectionibus moleste utemur. CLXXXII. Vt si sit in scaena dicendum..."Liber III
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...hominum esse, non aemulationi, non odio aut privatis adfectionibus obnoxium. Adversus quae cum augur Lentulus aliique varie dissererent..."