Lewis & Short

affānĭae, ārum, f. [perh. adfari], empty, trifling talk, chatter, idle jests: dicta futilia, gerrae; only in two passages in App.: affanias adblaterare, App. M. 9, p. 221, 25 Elm.: effutire, id. ib. 10, p. 243, 14 ib.