affinis

Latin

Etymology

From ad +‎ fīnis (“boundary”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /afˈfiː.nis/, [äfˈfiːnɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /afˈfi.nis/, [äfˈfiːnis]

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

• affīnitās

Descendants

• Translingual: Bombus affinis
• Catalan: afí
• English: affine
• French: affin, affinité
• German: affin
• Italian: affine
• Portuguese: afim
• Romanian: afin
• Spanish: afín
• Swedish: affin
• Russian: аффинный (affinnyj)

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^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to be almost culpable: affinem esse culpae