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affinis

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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.

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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