LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird conjugation

effingō

effingō (present infinitive effingere, perfect active effīnxī, supine effictum)
Classical[ɛfˈfɪŋ.ɡoː]Ecclesiastical[efˈfiŋ.ɡo]

Meaning

  1. transitiveto form, fashion
  2. transitiveto represent, portray, express, depict; imitate, copy
  3. transitiveto wipe out, wipe clean
  4. transitiveto rub gently, stroke

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Conjugation conjugation 3

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.effingōeffingēbameffingameffīnxīeffīnxerameffīnxerō
2nd sg.effingiseffingēbāseffingēseffīnxistīeffīnxerāseffīnxeris
3rd sg.effingiteffingēbateffingeteffīnxiteffīnxerateffīnxerit
1st pl.effingimuseffingēbāmuseffingēmuseffīnximuseffīnxerāmuseffīnxerimus
2nd pl.effingitiseffingēbātiseffingētiseffīnxistiseffīnxerātiseffīnxeritis
3rd pl.effingunteffingēbanteffingenteffīnxērunt
effīnxēre		effīnxeranteffīnxerint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.effingameffingeremeffīnxerimeffīnxissem
2nd sg.effingāseffingerēseffīnxerīseffīnxissēs
3rd sg.effingateffingereteffīnxeriteffīnxisset
1st pl.effingāmuseffingerēmuseffīnxerīmuseffīnxissēmus
2nd pl.effingātiseffingerētiseffīnxerītiseffīnxissētis
3rd pl.effinganteffingerenteffīnxerinteffīnxissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.effingoreffingēbareffingar
2nd sg.effingeris
effingere		effingēbāris
effingēbāre		effingēris
effingēre
3rd sg.effingitureffingēbātureffingētur
1st pl.effingimureffingēbāmureffingēmur
2nd pl.effingiminīeffingēbāminīeffingēminī
3rd pl.effinguntureffingēbantureffingentur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.effingareffingerer
2nd sg.effingāris
effingāre		effingerēris
effingerēre
3rd sg.effingātureffingerētur
1st pl.effingāmureffingerēmur
2nd pl.effingāminīeffingerēminī
3rd pl.effingantureffingerentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.effingeeffingere
pres. 2nd pl.effingiteeffingiminī
fut. 2nd sg.effingitōeffingitor
fut. 3rd sg.effingitōeffingitor
fut. 2nd pl.effingitōte—
fut. 3rd pl.effinguntōeffinguntor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiveeffingereeffingī
perfect infinitiveeffīnxisseeffictum esse
future infinitiveeffictūrum esseeffictum īrī
present participleeffingēns
effingente, effingentem, effingentēs, effingentī, effingentia, effingentibus, effingentis, effingentīs, effingentium		—
perfect participle—effictus
efficta, effictā, effictae, effictam, effictārum, effictās, efficte, effictī, effictīs, effictō, effictōrum, effictōs
future participleeffictūrus
effictūra, effictūrā, effictūrae, effictūram, effictūrārum, effictūrās, effictūre, effictūrī, effictūrīs, effictūrō, effictūrōrum, effictūrōs, effictūrum		effingendus
effingundus, effingenda, effingendā, effingendae, effingendam, effingendārum, effingendās, effingende, effingendīs, effingendōrum, effingendōs, effingunda, effingundā, effingundae, effingundam, effingundārum, effingundās, effingunde, effingundī, effingundīs, effingundō, effingundōrum, effingundōs, effingundum
gerundeffingendī, effingendō, effingendumsupineeffictum, effictū

ef-fingo, finxi, fictum, 3, v. a., orig., to work out by pressing = fingendo exprimere, ἐκμάσσειν (v. fingo).—Hence,
I. To form, fashion (artistically—class.; most freq. in the trop. sense; cf.: formo, informo, conformo, fingo, reddo, instituo, etc.).
A. Lit.: oris lineamenta in tabula: Veneris Coae pulchritudinem aspersione fortuita, Cic. Div. 1, 13, 23: sui dissimilia, id. N. D. 3, 9, 23: deum imagines in species hominum, Tac. H. 5, 5 et saep.—Poet.: (Daedalus) casus alicujus in auro, Verg. A. 6, 32; cf. id. ib. 10, 640; Luc. 5, 713: horrentes effingens crine galeros, Sil. 1, 404.—
B. Trop., to express, represent, portray: (natura) speciem ita formavit oris, ut in ea penitus reconditos mores effingeret, Cic. Leg. 1, 9; cf. id. Rosc. Am. 16, 47; id. de Or. 2, 43 fin.; Tac. A. 11, 14; Quint. 6, 2, 17: oratorem effingere (connected with corpora fingendo efficere), id. 5, 12, 21: effinge aliquid et excude (sc. scribendo), quod sit perpetuo tuum, Plin. Ep. 1, 3, 4: imaginem virtutis, to represent by imitation, Quint. 10, 2, 15; cf. id. 10, 1, 108; 11, 3, 89 sq.; Plin. Ep. 9, 22, 2.—Of the conception of external objects: visum impressum effictumque ex eo, unde esset, id. Ac. 2, 6, 18; cf. id. Tusc. 1, 25, 61; id. de Or. 2, 86 fin.—
II. To wipe clean, wipe out (only in the foll. passages): fiscinas spongia effingat, Cato R. R. 67, 2 (for which: fiscinas spongia tergendas, Plin. 15, 6, 6, § 22): spongiis sanguinem, Cic. Sest. 35 fin., v. Halm ad h. l.—
III. To rub gently, stroke: manus, Albin. Cons. ad Liv. 138; Ov. H. 20, 134 (for which: manus fingere, id. F. 5, 409).

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  3. Proto-Italic*eks
  4. Latineffingō

Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *dʰinéǵʰti Proto-Italic *θingō Proto-Italic *fingōder. Latin fingō Latin effingō From ex- (“out of”) + fingō (“shape, fashion, form”).

Descendants
  • Italianeffingere

Quick answers

What does effingō mean in Latin?
effingō, a verb, means “to form, fashion; to represent, portray, express, depict; imitate, copy”.
What are the principal parts of effingō?
effingō, effingere, effīnxī, effictum (third conjugation).
How do you pronounce effingō?
In classical Latin, [ɛfˈfɪŋ.ɡoː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [efˈfiŋ.ɡo].
Where does effingō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ → Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs → Proto-Italic *eks → Latin effingō.