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|lshtext=<b>affectĭo</b>: (adf-), ōnis, f. adficio.<br /><b>I</b> The [[relation]] to or [[disposition]] toward a [[thing]] produced in a [[person]] by [[some]] [[influence]] (in this and the [[two]] foll. signif. [[almost]] [[peculiar]] to the philos. lang. of Cic.): comparantur ea, quae aut majora aut minora aut paria dicuntur; in quibus spectantur haec: [[numerus]], [[species]], vis, quaedam [[etiam]] ad res aliquas adfectio, [[relation]], Cic. Top. 18, 68, and § 70; cf. id. ib. 2, 7.—<br /> A [[change]] in the [[state]] or [[condition]] of [[body]] or [[mind]], a [[state]] or [[frame]] of [[mind]], [[feeling]] ([[only]] [[transient]], [[while]] [[habitus]] is [[lasting]]): adfectio est animi aut corporis ex tempore [[aliqua]] de [[causa]] [[commutatio]] ut, [[laetitia]], [[cupiditas]], [[metus]], [[molestia]], [[morbus]], [[debilitas]], et [[alia]], quae in [[eodem]] genere reperiuntur, Cic. Inv. 1, 25, 36; 1, 2, 5; cf. 1, 2, 5, § 19. In [[Gellius]] = adfectus, as transl. of the Gr. [[πάθος]], Gell. 19, 12, 3.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> A [[permanent]] [[state]] of [[mind]], a [[frame]] of [[mind]], a [[state]] of [[feeling]], Gr. [[διάθεσις]]: [[virtus]] est adfectio animi [[constans]] conveniensque, Cic. Tusc. 4, 15, 34 Kühn (cf. in Gr. [[διάθεσις]] ψυχῆς συμφώνης αὑτῇ>, Stob. Ecl. Eth. 2, p. 104); id. Fin. 3, 26, 65 Goer.: non mihi est [[vita]] mea utilior [[quam]] animi [[talis]] adfectio, neminem ut violem commodi mei gratiā, id. Off. 2, 6, 29 Beier.—Also of [[body]], as anal. to the [[mind]], a [[fixed]], [[permanent]] [[constitution]]: tu qui detinieris summum [[bonum]] firma corporis adfectione contineri, etc., Cic. Tusc. 5, 9, 27.—And metaph. of the stars, [[their]] [[position]] in [[respect]] to one [[another]]: astrorum, a [[constellation]], Cic. Fat. 4: ex [[qua]] adfectione caeli [[primum]] spiritum duxerit, id. Div. 2, 47 (cf. [[affectus]], a, um, B.).—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> Esp., a favorable [[disposition]] toward [[any]] one, [[love]], [[affection]], [[good]]-[[will]] ([[post]]-Aug. [[prose]]): simiarum generi praecipua [[erga]] fetum adfectio, Plin. 8, 54, 80: egit [[Nero]] [[grates]] patribus laetas [[inter]] audientium adfectiones, Tac. A. 4, 15: [[argentum]] [[magis]] [[quam]] [[aurum]] sequuntur, nullā adfectione animi, sed [[quia]], etc., id. G. 5; Just. 24, 3: [[Artemisia]] Mausolum virum amāsse fertur [[ultra]] adfectionis humanae fidem, Gell. 10, 18, 1.—Concr., the [[loved]] [[object]]: adfectiones, children, Cod. Th. 13, 9, 3.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>D</b> In the Lat. of the Pandects, [[ability]] of [[willing]], [[will]], [[volition]], [[inclination]] (cf. 2. [[affectus]], II. D.): [[furiosus]] et [[pupillus]] non possunt incipere possidere, [[quia]] adfectionem tenendi non habent, Dig. 5, 16, 60.

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|georg=affectio, ōnis, f. ([[afficio]]), I) aktiv, die [[Einwirkung]], der [[Eindruck]] [[auf]] usw., praesentis mali sapientis ([[auf]] den W.) [[affectio]] nulla est, Cic. Tusc. 4, 6, 14. – II) [[passiv]], das [[durch]] gewisse [[äußere]] Einwirkungen bewirkte [[Verhältnis]], der [[Zustand]], 1) das [[durch]] [[äußere]] Umstände bewirkte [[Verhältnis]] [[einer]] [[Sache]] zur andern, die [[Beziehung]], quaedam ad [[res]] aliquas aff., Cic. top. 68 u. 70. – 2) der [[Zustand]], die [[Beschaffenheit]], caeli, astrorum, die [[Konstellation]], Cic. – 3) die [[Stimmung]] [[des]] Körpers od. Geistes (s. Cic. de inv. 1, 36), a) [[des]] Körpers, die [[Verfassung]], Veranlagung, firma corporis aff., feste [[Gesundheit]] [[des]] Körpers, Cic. Tusc. 5, 27. – b) [[des]] Geistes, Gemütes, die [[Verfassung]], [[Stimmung]], Aufgelegtheit, [[auch]] [[Gesinnung]], [[mit]] u. [[ohne]] animi, [[oft]] b. Cic. – dah. prägn-, α) [[als]] [[Übersetzung]] [[von]] [[πάθος]] = das aufgeregte, lebhafte [[Gefühl]], die [[Gemütsbewegung]], der [[Affekt]], Gell. 1, 26, 10 u.ö. Augustin. c. Iulian. 6, 18 (wo Plur.). – β) die »wohlwollende, zärtliche [[Stimmung]]« = die [[Neigung]], [[Liebe]], [[Zärtlichkeit]], nullā affectione animi, [[ohne]] [[Vorliebe]], Tac.: u. so aff. [[vera]], Iustin.: simiarum generi praecipua [[erga]] fetum aff., Plin.: laetas [[inter]] audientium affectiones, [[unter]] freudiger [[Bewegung]], Bezeugungen der Anhänglichkeit, Tac. – u. meton., affectiones, die Gegenstände der [[Liebe]], die [[Lieben]] = die Kinder, Cod. Theod. 13, 9, 3. Auct. itin. Alex. 16 (39). – γ) die Willenskraft, der [[Wille]], tenendi, ICt.: absol., nostra aff., ICt. – δ) das [[Streben]] [[nach]] etw., tyrannidis, Vulc. Gall. Avid. Cass. 1, 5.

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