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|lnetxt=affinis affinis N C :: relation (by marriage); neighbor; accomplice<br />affinis affinis affinis, affine ADJ :: neighboring, adjacent, next, bordering; related (marriage), akin, connected
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>af-fīnis</b>: ([[better]] adf-), e, adj. (abl. adfini, Cic. de Or. 1, 15, 66;<br /><b>I</b> [[once]] adfine, Ter. Hec. 5, 3, 9; cf. Schneid. Gram. II. 222).<br /><b>I</b> Lit., [[that]] is neighboring or a neighbor to one (ADFINES: in agris vicini, Paul. ex Fest. p. 11 Müll.), [[bordering]] on, [[adjacent]], [[contiguous]]: [[gens]] adfinis Mauris, = [[confinis]], Liv. 28, 17: saevisque adfinis [[Sarmata]] [[Moschis]], Luc. 1, 430; also, [[near]] by [[family]] [[relationship]], [[allied]] or [[related]] to by [[marriage]], κηδεστεῖς; and subst., a [[relation]] by [[marriage]] (opp. consanguinei, συγγενεῖς), as explained by Modestin. Dig. 38, 10, 4: adfines dicuntur viri et uxoris cognati. Adfinium [[autem]] nomina sunt [[socer]], [[socrus]], [[gener]], [[nurus]], [[noverca]], [[vitricus]], [[privignus]], privigna, [[glos]], [[levir]], etc.: ego ut essem adfinis [[tibi]], tuam petii gnatam, Att. ap. Paul. ex Fest. s. v. [[numero]], p. 170 Müll. (Trag. Rel. p. 201 Rib.): Megadorus [[meus]] adfinis, my [[son]]-in-[[law]], Plaut. Aul. 3, 4, 14; Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 63: tu me, adfinem tuum, repulisti, Cic. Red. in Sen. 7: ex tam multis cognatis et adfinibus, id. Clu. 14; id. ad Quir. 5: Caesarem ejus adfinem esse audiebant, Auct. B. Afr. 32: [[quanto]] [[plus]] propinquorum, quo major adfinium [[numerus]], Tac. G. 20, 9: per propinquos et adfines suos, Suet. Caes. 1: adfinia vincula, Ov. P. 4, 8, 9.—<br /><b>II</b> Fig., partaking, [[taking]] [[part]] in, [[privy]] to, [[sharing]], associated [[with]]; constr. [[with]] dat. or gen.; in Pac. [[with]] ad: qui [[sese]] adfines esse ad causandum volunt, Pac.ap.Non. 89, 11 (Trag. Rel. p. 80 Rib.): publicis negotiis adfinis, i. e. [[implicitus]], [[particeps]], [[taking]] [[part]] in, Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 55; Ter. Heaut. 2, 1, 1: duos solos [[video]] adfines et turpitudini judicari, Cic. Clu. 45: huic facinori, id. Cat. 4, 3: culpae, id. Rosc. Am. 7, 18; id. Inv. 2, 44, 129; 2, 10: noxae, Liv. 39, 14.
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{{Georges
|georg=affīnis (adfīnis), e, angrenzend, I) eig.: [[gens]] [[affinis]] Mauris, Grenznachbarn der Mauren, Liv. 28, 17, 5: dah. subst., affīnēs, ium, m. pl., die Grenznachbarn (der [[Feldmark]] [[nach]]), s. [[Paul]]. ex [[Fest]]. 11, 9), Paul. dig. 10, 1, 12. Corp. inscr. Lat. 6, 10234 u. 10247. – II) übtr.: 1) [[durch]] [[Heirat]] [[anverwandt]], verschwägert, ut essem [[adfinis]] [[tibi]], Acc. tr. 502: [[alter]] [[mihi]] [[affinis]] erat, Cic. [[post]] redit. ad Quir. 5, 11: u. poet., vincula affinia, die verwandschaftlichen [[Bande]], Ov. ex Pont. 4, 8, 9. – Öfter subst., [[affinis]], is, Abl. e u. i, m. u. f. (vgl. [[Neue]]-Wagener Formenl.<sup>3</sup> Bd. 1. S. 345 [[über]] Abl. e u. i), [[jeder]] od. jede Verschwägerte = [[Schwager]], [[Schwägerin]] (im engern u. weitern Sinne), Schwiegervater, Schwiegersohn, Plaut., Cic. u.a.: et [[gener]] et affines placent, der [[Eidam]] u. [[dessen]] [[Familie]] (die [[Schwiegereltern]] [[mit]] [[Familie]]), Ter.: cognati et affines, [[Verwandte]] (überh.) u. Verschwägerte (insbes.), Cic. u.a.: fem. b. Cic. [[post]] red. in sen. 17 u. [[Auson]]. parent. 17 lemm. – Scherzh., vom Gatten der [[Buhle]], Cic. Verr. 2, 36. – 2) gleichs. [[mit]] etw. [[verwandt]], d.i. [[vertraut]], in etw. verwickelt, [[bei]] etw. beteiligt, [[bei]] etw. [[mitschuldig]] (s. [[Wagner]] Ter. heaut. 215), m. Genet., illarum rerum, Ter.: [[rei]] [[capitalis]], Cic.: huius suspicionis, Cic.: [[qui]] [[eius]] [[rei]] auctores adfinesque essent, Liv.: ne [[quis]] eorum ad hastam accederet sociusve [[aut]] [[affinis]] [[eius]] conductionis esset, Liv. – m. Dat., publicis an maritimis rebus, Plaut.: [[huic]] sceleri, [[huic]] facinori, Cic.: ei noxae, Liv.: [[corpus]] his vitiis affine, Lucr. – m. ad u. Akk., affines ad causandum, Pacuv. tr. 23. – / Archaist. [[Form]] [[arfinis]] [[nach]] Prisc. 1, 45.
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