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adficiō (aff-) fēcī, fectus, ere

ad + facio, to do to, treat, use, manage, handle: exercendum corpus et ita adficiendum, ut, etc.: quonam modo ille vos vivus adficeret, qui, etc., i. e. how would he treat you if alive, etc.: ut ea, quae per eum (Caesarem) adfecta sunt, perfecta rei p. tradat, which he has been conducting. — To treat, affect, visit, furnish: me curā, afflict, T.: exercitum stipendio, pay off: alqm honoribus, to honor: morte, cruciatu, cruce, to kill, torture, crucify: civīs iniuriā, outrage: illum pretio, reward, V.: magnā difficultate adficiebatur, was brought into great embarrassment, Cs.: adficitur beneficio, is benefited: poenā adficietur, will be punished verberibus adfecti, scourged, Cu.To move, influence, affect, impress: ut ita adficerentur animi, ut eos adfici vellet orator: varie homines, L.To attack, afflict, oppress, weaken, impair: ut prius aestus, labor, corpora adficeret, quam, etc., L.: Damasicthona volnus Adficit, O.To qualify, characterize, describe (with words): dolorem verbis.

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