Affectus maritalis (the disposition of a husband to a wife) and honore pleno deligere (to distinguish with complete honor) are alone emphasized as features of marriage which distinguished it from concubinage.
In such a form of marriage the Roman law saw lack of affectus maritalis and of deligere honore pleno; hence the union was concubinage, not marriage.
Later we read: “Fateor in externo rerum delectu esse quandam libertatem, internos vero affectus prorsus nego in potestate nostra esse” (ibid.
The following case is related by that celebrated Physician: "Historiam Incubi magis ad epilepticos, quam paralyticos affectus referendi, subjungam: Puella xviii.
This faith is preceded by certain preliminary conditions, of which the first is an illumination of the intellect and a strengthening of the will, which results in the affectus credulitatis (initia fidei).
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "affectus" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
