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af-fĭcĭo (better adf- ), affēci (adf-), affectum (adf-), 3, v. a. facio,
I.to do something to one, i. e. to exert an influence on body or mind, so that it is brought into such or such a state (used by the poets rarely, by Hor. never).
1. Aliquem.
A. Of the body rarely, and then commonly in a bad sense: “ut aestus, labor, fames, sitisque corpora adficerent,Liv. 28, 15: “contumeliis adficere corpora sua,Vulg. Rom. 1, 24: “non simplex Damasichthona vulnus Adficit,Ov. M. 6, 255: “aconitum cor adficit,Scrib. Comp. 188: “corpus adficere M. Antonii,Cic. Phil. 3: “pulmo totus adficitur,Cels. 4, 7; with abl. of spec.: “stomacho et vesicā adfici,Scrib. Comp. 186. —In bon. part.: “corpus ita adficiendum est, ut oboedire rationi possit,Cic. Off. 1, 23.—
2. With acc. and abl., to affect a person or (rarely) thing with something; in a good sense, to bestow upon, grace with; in a bad sense, to visit with, inflict upon; or the ablative and verb may be rendered by the verb corresponding to the ablative, and if an adjective accompany the ablative, this adjective becomes an adverb.—Of inanimate things (rare): luce locum adficiens, lighting up the place, Varr. ap. Non. p. 250, 2: “adficere medicamine vultum,Ov. Med. Fac. 67: “factum non eo nomine adficiendum,designated, Cic. Top. 24, 94: “res honore adficere,to honor, id. N. D. 1, 15, 38: “non postulo, ut dolorem eisdem verbis adficias, quibus Epicurus, etc.,id. Tusc. 2, 7, 18.—
3. Very freq. of persons.
(β). In a bad sense: injuriā abs te adficior indignā, pater, am wronged unjustly, Enn. ap. Auct. ad Heren. 2, 24, 38; so Ter. Phorm. 5, 1, 3: “Quantā me curā et sollicitudine adficit Gnatus,id. ib. 2, 4, 1; so Cic. Att. 1, 18: “desiderio,id. Fam. 2, 12: “timore,to terrify, id. Quint. 2, 6: “difficultate,to embarrass, Caes. B. G. 7, 6: “molestiā,to trouble, Cic. Att. 15, 1: “tantis malis,Vulg. Num. 11, 15: “maculā,Cic. Rosc. Am. 39, 113: “ignominiā,id. ib. 39, 123: “contumeliis,Vulg. Ezech. 22, 7; ib. Luc. 20, 11: “rerum et verborum acerbitatibus,Suet. Calig. 2: “verberibus,Just. 1, 5: “supplicio,Cic. Brut. 1, 16; so Caes. B. G. 1, 27: “poenā,Nep. Hann. 8, 2: “exsilio,to banish, id. Thras. 3: “morte, cruciatu, cruce,Cic. Verr. 3, 4, 9: “morte,Vulg. Matt. 10, 21: “cruce,Suet. Galb. 9: “ultimis cruciatibus,Liv. 21, 44: “leto,Nep. Regg. 3, 2.—And often in pass.: “sollicitudine et inopiā consilii,Cic. Att. 3, 6: “adfici aegritudine,id. Tusc. 3, 7, 15: “doloribus pedum,id. Fam. 6, 19: “morbo oculorum,Nep. Hann. 4, 3: “inopiā rei frumentariae,Caes. B. G. 7, 17: “calamitate et injuriā,Cic. Att. 11, 2: “magnā poenā, Auct. B. G. 8, 39: vulneribus,Col. R. R. 4, 11: “torminibus et inflationibus,Plin. 29, 5, 33, § 103: “servitute,Cic. Rep. 1, 44.—Hence, affectus (adf- ), a, um, P. a.
I. In a peculiar sense, that on which we have bestowed labor, that which we are now doing, so that it is nearly at an end; cf.: Adfecta, sicut M. Cicero et veterum elegantissime locuti sunt, ea proprie dicebantur, quae non ad finem ipsum, sed proxime finem progressa deductave erant, Gell. 3, 16: “bellum adfectum videmus et paene confectum,Cic. Prov. Cons. 8, 19: “in provinciā (Caesar) commoratur, ut ea. quae per eum adfecta sunt, perfecta rei publicae tradat,id. ib. 12, 29: cum adfectā prope aestate uvas a sole mitescere tempus, etc., near the end of summer, id. ap. Gell. l. c.: “Jamque hieme adfectā mitescere coeperat annus,Sil. 15, 502: “in Q. Mucii infirmissimā valetudine adfectāque jam aetate,Cic. de Or. 1,45,200; Cic. Verr. 2,4,43, § 95.—
II. In nearly the same sense as the verb, absol. and with abl.
A. Absol.
(α). Of persons laboring under disease, or not yet quite recovered: “Qui cum ita adfectus esset, ut sibi ipse diffideret,was in such a state, Cic. Phil. 9, 1, 2: “Caesarem Neapoli adfectum graviter videam,very ill, id. Att. 14, 17; so Sen. Ep. 101: “quem adfectum visuros crediderant,ill, Liv. 28, 26: “corpus adfectum,id. 9, 3: “adfectae vires corporis,reduced strength, weakness, id. 5, 18: “puella,Prop. 3, 24, 1: “aegra et adfecta mancipia,Suet. Claud. 25: “jam quidem adfectum, sed tamen spirantem,id. Tib. 21.—
(δ). As rhet. t. t.: affectus ad, related to, resembling: “Tum ex eis rebus, quae quodam modo affectae sunt ad id, de quo quaeritur,Cic. Top. 2, 8 Forcellini.—
B. With abl. chiefly of persons, in indifferent sense, in good or bad sense (cf.: “Animi quem ad modum adfecti sint, virtutibus, vitiis, artibus, inertiis, aut quem ad modum commoti, cupiditate, metu, voluptate, molestiā,Cic. Part. Or. 10, 35).
(γ). In good sense: “beneficio adfectus,Cic. Fam. 14, 4: “aliquo honore aut imperio,id. Off. 1, 41, 149: “valetudine optimā,id. Tusc. 4, 37, 81: “laetitiā,id. Mur. 2, 4, and ad Brut. 1, 4: “munere deorum,id. N. D. 3, 26, 67: “praemiis,id. Pis. 37, 90.—Adv.: affectē (adf- ), with (a strong) affection, deeply: “oblectamur et contristamur et conterremur in somniis quam adfecte et anxie et passibiliter,Tert. Anim. 45.
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