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affectātĭo (better adf-), ōnis, f. [adfecto], a striving after something (in a good or bad sense; for the most part only in post-Aug. prose).

  1. I. In gen.: philosophia sapientiae amor est et adfectatio, Sen. Ep. 89: magna caeli adfectatione compertum, i. e. perscrutatione, investigation, Plin. 2, 20, 18, § 82 (but Jan reads adsectatio): decoris, id. 11, 37, 56, § 154: Nervii circa adfectationem Germanicae originis (in the endeavor to pass for Germans), ultro ambitiosi sunt, Tac. G. 28: imperii, aspiring to the empire, Suet. Tit. 9.
  2. II. Esp., in rhetoric, a striving to give a certain character or quality to discourse without possessing the ability to do it, also an inordinate desire to say something striking, affectation, conceit: (ad malam adfectationem) pertinent, quae in oratione sunt tumida, exsilia, praedulcia, abundantia, arcessita, exsultantia, Quint. 8, 3, 56: nihil est odiosius adfectatione, id. 1, 6, 11; 8, 3, 27; 9, 3, 54; 10, 1, 82; Suet. Gram. 10; id. Tib. 70.

affectātor (better adf-), ōris, m. [adfecto], one that strives for something: justi amoris, Eutr. 10, 7.
In a bad sense: nimius risūs, Quint. 6, 3, 3 al.

* affectātrix (better adf-), īcis, f. [adfectator], she that strives for a thing: sapientia adfectatrix veritatis, Tert. Praescr. 1, 7.

affectātus (better adf-), a, um, P. a., from affecto.