AFFECT Copy link • AFFECTv. work or have influence upon, vim habere or exercere in aliquid (vim exserere is not Latin). Work upon (move, touch) the mind, movere, commovere, permovere (generalterms): tangere (to touch, make an impression on; aliquem, alicujus animum): frangere (to raise gentle feelings in anybody, aliquem or alicujus animum): percutere (to affect violently): afficere, e.g., laetitia, voluptate, etc. Afficere can not PROP. be used absolutely for affect in this sense, but only in such combinations as, “Your letter affected me so,” litterae tuae sic me aflecerunt, ut, etc.: “they were so affected,” eorum animi ita atfecti sunt, ut, etc.: it affects me a little, modice me tangit aliquid: not at all, non laboro de re (I care nothing about it; e.g., de alicujus morte). To be violently affected, vehementius moveri. Work upon injuriously, afficere (e.g., hunger, cold, etc., affect the body): debilitare (weaken): frangere (to oppress the mind): violently, grievously, etc., conficere (almost to destroy; especially of pain of body or mind). To affect the eyes, oculorum aciem obtundere: the cold affects anybody, frigus horrore alicujus corpus aflicit: to affect his body and mind, nervos mentis et corporis frangere: the whole lung is affected, pulmo totus afficitur (Cels.). Put on the appearance of anything, simulare (pretend): ostendere: jactare: prae se ferre (to assume ostentatiously): affectare (to strive after anything too much: not till the Silver Age). To affect the philosopher in his exterior, philosophiae studium habitu corporis prae se ferre: constancy, friendship, tears, knowledge of anything, constantiam, amicitiam, lacrimas, scientiam rei simulare: another person’s gait, incessum alicujus inepte exprimere: a serious look, a solemn pace, etc., aliquis sibi vultum, incessum fingit, quo graviorvideatur. Aim at, endeavor after, affectare aliquid (to pursue an object with eagerness; e.g., imperium in Latinos, regnum, Liv.: magniticentiam verborum, Quint.): petere, appetere (aim at, long for; e.g., honores, praeturam, principatum eloquentiae, regnum): expetere (pursue one object selected from others, and therefore the more eagerly, pecuniam, divitias): aspirare ad aliquid (rare: ad alicujus pecuniam: ad laudem): captare aliquid (try to catch or obtain; plausum, voluptatem): sequi (to pursue: otium et tranquillitatem vitae, virtutem). Also persequi, sectari, consectari aliquid; studere alicui rei; concupiscere aliquid; servire, inservire alicui rei; niti, adniti ad aliquid. [Vid: STRIVE.] To be fond of. Vid: LOVE.