LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

effētus

effētus (feminine effēta, neuter effētum)
Classical[ɛfˈfeː.tʊs]Ecclesiastical[efˈfɛː.tus]

Meaning

  1. adjectiveexhausted, worn out

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

vī exhaustus, sterilis
effētus -a -um — in Aeneis, ch. 18

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeeffētuseffētaeffētum
genitiveeffētīeffētaeeffētī
dativeeffētōeffētaeeffētō
accusativeeffētumeffētameffētum
ablativeeffētōeffētāeffētō
vocativeeffēteeffētaeffētum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeeffētīeffētaeeffēta
genitiveeffētōrumeffētārumeffētōrum
dativeeffētīseffētīseffētīs
accusativeeffētōseffētāseffēta
ablativeeffētīseffētīseffētīs
vocativeeffētīeffētaeeffēta

ef-fētus (not effoetus), a, um, adj.,
I. that has brought forth young, that has laid eggs (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
I. Lit. (mostly in Col.): cum effetae loca genitalia tumebunt, Col. 7, 7, 4; 7, 12, 11; 9, 1, 7.—Poet.: simul effetas linquunt examina ceras, Luc. 9, 285.—
II. Meton. (causa pro effectu).
A. Exhausted, worn out by bearing: aliquae (gallinae) in tantum, ut effetae moriantur, Plin. 10, 53, 74, § 146; cf. Sall. C. 53, 5.—
B. Transf., in gen., exhausted, worn out: tellus, * Lucr. 2, 1150; cf.: effetum et defatigatum solum, Col. praef. § 1: natura (with lassa), Plin. Ep. 6, 21, 1: tauri senio effeti, Col. 6, 24, 1: corpus, * Cic. de Sen. 9, 29; cf. vires (corporis), Verg. A. 5, 396: spes, i. e. vain, delusive, Val. Fl. 4, 380.—Poet.: verique effeta senectus, incapacitated for truth, Verg. A. 7, 440 (cf.: Vana veri, id. ib. 10, 630).— Comp.: oratio effetior, App. Flor. p. 366.— Sup. and adv. do not occur.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  2. Proto-Italic*eks
  3. Latineffētus

Latin ex- Latin fētus Latin effētus From ex- + fētus.

Descendants
  • Englisheffete

Quick answers

What does effētus mean in Latin?
effētus, a adjective, means “exhausted, worn out”.
How do you pronounce effētus?
In classical Latin, [ɛfˈfeː.tʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [efˈfɛː.tus].
Where does effētus come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs → Proto-Italic *eks → Latin effētus.