affinitas

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From affīnis +‎ -tās.

Noun

affīnitās f (genitive affīnitātis); third declension

  1. relationship or alliance by marriage; kinship
    • 166 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Andria 246–247:
      PAMPHILUS: Prō deum atque hominum fidem! / Nūllōn ego Chremētis pactō affīnitātem effugere poterō?
      PAMPHILUS: By the faith of gods and men! / Is there no way for me to escape the kinship of Chremes?
      (In other words, Pamphilus desperately wants to avoid having an arranged marriage to the daughter of Chremes.)
  2. relationship, affinity, union, connection

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative affīnitās affīnitātēs
genitive affīnitātis affīnitātum
dative affīnitātī affīnitātibus
accusative affīnitātem affīnitātēs
ablative affīnitāte affīnitātibus
vocative affīnitās affīnitātēs

Descendants

  • Catalan: afinitat
  • English: affinity
  • French: affinité
  • Italian: affinità
  • Portuguese: afinidade
  • Romanian: afinitate
  • Spanish: afinidad

References

  • “affinitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “affinitas”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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