affinitas

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From affīnis +‎ -tās.

Noun

affīnitās f (genitive affīnitātis); third declension

  1. relationship or alliance by marriage
  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.