afficio

== Latin == === Alternative forms === adficiō === Etymology === From ad- (“towards”) + faciō (“to do, make”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [afˈfɪ.ki.oː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [afˈfiː.t͡ʃi.o] === Verb === afficiō (present infinitive afficere, perfect active affēcī, supine affectum); third (-iō variant) conjugation to cause someone to experience something; to visit, inflict, bestow [with ablative ‘something’ and accusative ‘on someone’] iniūriā afficere aliquem ― to wrong someone laude afficere aliquem ― to praise someone dolōre afficī ― to feel pain to treat, manage, handle to influence, have an effect on Synonyms: perpellō, īnfluō to attack, afflict, weaken, impair Synonyms: atterō, frangō, effēminō, tenuō, minuō, dēterō, cōnsūmō Antonyms: firmō, cōnfirmō, mūniō, fortificō, cōnsolidō, sistō ==== Conjugation ==== 1The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested. ==== Derived terms ==== affectus sepultūrā afficiō ==== Descendants ==== → English: affect === References === “affĭcĭo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “adfĭcio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 35. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co. “afficiō” on pages 78–79 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82) Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “afficere”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 28/1