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From affectō +‎ -tiō.

affectātiō f (genitive affectātiōnis); third declension

  1. The act of striving after.
  2. (rhetoric) The act of striving for effect in discourse; affectation.

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative affectātiō affectātiōnēs
Genitive affectātiōnis affectātiōnum
Dative affectātiōnī affectātiōnibus
Accusative affectātiōnem affectātiōnēs
Ablative affectātiōne affectātiōnibus
Vocative affectātiō affectātiōnēs
  • affectatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • affectatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.