afficit
Dictionary entries
- Entry →afficio, afficere, affeci, affectus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
affect, make impression; move, influence; cause (hurt/death), afflict, weaken;
sg. pres. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber VIII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...malam transfert; acies oculorum exstincta caecitate nos afficit; non tantum velocitas perit poplitibus incisis, sed debilitas pro illa..."I
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...utro magis vestrum desideretur. Te, opinor, hic gravius afficit dolor, inpatientius hic luctus exanimat, te, quae absoluta protinus..."Liber Primus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...modo numquam nocet cuiquam, sed contra semper afficit cum vi sua atque natura, quod tranquillat animos..."Liber II
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...acriter, colligit fortiter, ornat excelse. Postremo docet delectat afficit; quid maxime, dubites. Crebra ἐνθυμήματα crebri syllogismi, circumscripti..."