affinitas

Latin

Alternative forms

adfīnitās

Etymology

From affīnis +‎ -tās.

Noun

affīnitās f (genitive affīnitātis); third declension

relationship or alliance by marriage
relationship, affinity, union, connection

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	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.

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