affector

English

Etymology

From affect +‎ -or.

Noun

affector (plural affectors)

1. A nerve cell that directly activates a muscle
   • 2015 July 10, “Data-Driven Method to Estimate Nonlinear Chemical Equivalence”, in PLOS ONE‎, →DOI:

     This condition is intuitive: if the sigmoid-like positive and negative affectors that compose the biphasic equation were positioned “further apart” by increasing the interval lnK + − lnK - (e.g., Fig B in S1 File ), then saturation levels for the positive affector more closely match the starting levels of the negative affector, and in sigmoid models that exhibit very good agreement with the overall biphasic relationship.

Latin

Alternative forms

• adfector

Etymology

From affectō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [afˈfɛk.tɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [afˈfɛk.tor]

Verb

affector (present infinitive affectārī, perfect active affectātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

1. to strive eagerly after
2. to have an inclination for, to become attached to

Conjugation

   Conjugation of affector (first conjugation, deponent)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	affector		affectāris, affectāre		affectātur		affectāmur		affectāminī		affectantur
	imperfect	affectābar		affectābāris, affectābāre		affectābātur		affectābāmur		affectābāminī		affectābantur
	future	affectābor		affectāberis, affectābere		affectābitur		affectābimur		affectābiminī		affectābuntur
	perfect	affectātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	affectātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	affectātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	affecter		affectēris, affectēre		affectētur		affectēmur		affectēminī		affectentur
	imperfect	affectārer		affectārēris, affectārēre		affectārētur		affectārēmur		affectārēminī		affectārentur
	perfect	affectātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	affectātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		affectāre		—		—		affectāminī		—
	future	—		affectātor		affectātor		—		—		affectantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		affectārī			—			affectāns			—
future		affectātūrum esse			—			affectātūrus			affectandus
perfect		affectātum esse			—			affectātus			—
future perfect		affectātum fore			—			—			—
perfect potential		affectātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		affectandī		affectandō		affectandum		affectandō		affectātum		affectātū

Verb

affector

1. first-person singular present passive indicative of affectō

References

• “affector”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “affector”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.