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affectus (adf- ), ūs, m. afficio.
I. A state of body, and esp. of mind produced in one by some influence (cf. affectio, I.), a state or disposition of mind, affection, mood: adfectuum duae sunt species: alteram Graeci πάθος vocant, alteram ἦθος, Quint. 6, 2, 8: “qualis cujusque animi adfectus esset, talem esse hominem,Cic. Tusc. 5, 16, 47: “dubiis adfectibus errat,Ov. M. 8, 473: “mentis,id. Tr. 4, 3, 32: “animi,id. ib. 5, 2, 8: “diversos adfectus exprimere, flentis et gaudentis,Plin. 34, 8, 19, n. 10: “adfectu concitati,Quint. 6, 2, 8: “adfectus dulciores,id. 10, 1, 101; 1, 11, 2; 6, 1, 7 al.—Of the body: “supersunt alii corporis adfectus,Cels. 3, 18; 2, 15.—
II. Esp.
A. Love, desire, fondness, good-will, compassion, sympathy (postAug.): “opes atque inopiam pari adfectu concupiscunt,Tac. Agr. 30: “si res ampla domi similisque affectibus esset,Juv. 12, 10: “parentis,Suet. Tit. 8: “adfectu jura corrumpere,Quint. Decl. 6, 11.—
B. In Lucan and in later prose, meton. for the beloved objects, the dear or loved ones (in plur.; cf. “adfectio, II. C.): tenuit nostros Lesbos adfectus,Luc. Phars. 8, 132: milites, quorum adfectus (wives and children) in Albano monte erant, Capitol. Maxim. 23; id. Anton. Phil. 24; hence, adfectus publici, the judges as representatives of the people, Quint. Decl. 2, 17 al.
C. In Seneca and Pliny, low, ignoble passion or desire: “adfectus sunt motus animi improbabiles subiti et concitati,Sen. Ep. 75; Plin. Pan. 79, 3.—
D. In the Latin of the Pandects, ability of willing, will, volition (cf. affectio, II. D.): “hoc edicto neque pupillum, neque furiosum teneri constat, quia adfectu carent,Dig. 43, 4, 1; 44, 7, 54; 3, 5, 19, § 2 al.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (15):
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 8.473
    • Suetonius, Divus Titus, 8
    • Tacitus, Agricola, 30
    • Lucan, Civil War, 8.132
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 34.8
    • A. Cornelius Celsus, De Medicina, 3.18
    • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 5.16
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 1, 11.2
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 6, 1.7
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 6, 2.8
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 10, 1.101
    • Seneca, Epistulae, 75
    • A. Cornelius Celsus, De Medicina, 2.15
    • Ovid, Tristia, 4.3
    • Ovid, Tristia, 5.2
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