affinis

Latin

Etymology

From ad + fīnis (boundary).

Pronunciation

Adjective

affīnis (neuter affīne); third-declension two-termination adjective

  1. neighbouring, allied to, kindred
  2. partaking, taking part in, privy to, sharing, associated with
    Synonym: particeps
    Antonym: expers

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative affīnis affīne affīnēs affīnia
Genitive affīnis affīnium
Dative affīnī affīnibus
Accusative affīnem affīne affīnēs
affīnīs
affīnia
Ablative affīnī affīnibus
Vocative affīnis affīne affīnēs affīnia

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • affinis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • affinis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to be almost culpable: affinem esse culpae
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