What does effringō mean in Latin?

effringō, a verb, means “to break open or off”.

What are the principal parts of effringō?

effringō, effringere, effrēgī, effrāctum (third conjugation).

In classical Latin, [ɛfˈfrɪŋ.ɡoː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [efˈfriŋ.ɡo].

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs → Proto-Italic *eks → Latin effringō.

verbthird conjugation

effringō (present infinitive effringere, perfect active effrēgī, supine effrāctum)

Classical[ɛfˈfrɪŋ.ɡoː]Ecclesiastical[efˈfriŋ.ɡo]

active indicative
form	present	imperfect	future	perfect	pluperfect	fut. perfect
1st sg.	effringō	effringēbam	effringam	effrēgī	effrēgeram	effrēgerō
2nd sg.	effringis	effringēbās	effringēs	effrēgistī	effrēgerās	effrēgeris
3rd sg.	effringit	effringēbat	effringet	effrēgit	effrēgerat	effrēgerit
1st pl.	effringimus	effringēbāmus	effringēmus	effrēgimus	effrēgerāmus	effrēgerimus
2nd pl.	effringitis	effringēbātis	effringētis	effrēgistis	effrēgerātis	effrēgeritis
3rd pl.	effringunt	effringēbant	effringent	effrēgērunt effrēgēre	effrēgerant	effrēgerint

active subjunctive

active subjunctive
form	present	imperfect	perfect	pluperfect
1st sg.	effringam	effringerem	effrēgerim	effrēgissem
2nd sg.	effringās	effringerēs	effrēgerīs	effrēgissēs
3rd sg.	effringat	effringeret	effrēgerit	effrēgisset
1st pl.	effringāmus	effringerēmus	effrēgerīmus	effrēgissēmus
2nd pl.	effringātis	effringerētis	effrēgerītis	effrēgissētis
3rd pl.	effringant	effringerent	effrēgerint	effrēgissent

passive indicative

passive indicative
form	present	imperfect	future
1st sg.	effringor	effringēbar	effringar
2nd sg.	effringeris effringere	effringēbāris effringēbāre	effringēris effringēre
3rd sg.	effringitur	effringēbātur	effringētur
1st pl.	effringimur	effringēbāmur	effringēmur
2nd pl.	effringiminī	effringēbāminī	effringēminī
3rd pl.	effringuntur	effringēbantur	effringentur

passive subjunctive

passive subjunctive
form	present	imperfect
1st sg.	effringar	effringerer
2nd sg.	effringāris effringāre	effringerēris effringerēre
3rd sg.	effringātur	effringerētur
1st pl.	effringāmur	effringerēmur
2nd pl.	effringāminī	effringerēminī
3rd pl.	effringantur	effringerentur

imperative

infinitives & participles

infinitives & participles
form	active	passive
present infinitive	effringere	effringī
perfect infinitive	effrēgisse	effrāctum esse
future infinitive	effrāctūrum esse	effrāctum īrī
present participle	effringēns	—
perfect participle	—	effrāctus effrācta, effrāctā, effrāctae, effrāctam, effrāctārum, effrāctās, effrācte, effrāctī, effrāctīs, effrāctō, effrāctōrum, effrāctōs
future participle	effrāctūrus effrāctūra, effrāctūrā, effrāctūrae, effrāctūram, effrāctūrārum, effrāctūrās, effrāctūre, effrāctūrī, effrāctūrīs, effrāctūrō, effrāctūrōrum, effrāctūrōs, effrāctūrum	effringendus effringundus, effringenda, effringendā, effringendae, effringendam, effringendārum, effringendās, effringende, effringendīs, effringendōrum, effringendōs

gerundeffringendī, effringendō, effringendumsupineeffrāctum, effrāctū

ef-fringo, frēgi, fractum, 3, v. a. and n.

I. Act., to break off, to break open: effringere quam aperire putant robustius, Quint. 2, 12, 1 (class.): cardines foribus, Plaut. Am. 4, 2, 6; id. As. 2, 3, 8; more freq.: fores, id. Stich. 2, 2, 3; id. Bacch. 4, 2, 4; id. Mil. 4, 6, 35; Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 8; 23; 40; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 23; cf. valvas, id. ib. 43: januam, id. Mur. 15, 33: tabernas, Suet. Ner. 26: carcerem, Tac. A. 1, 21: cistam, * Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 54; poet.: urbem, to storm, Stat. Th. 9, 556; cf. Vulg. Judith, 2, 3: jugum, Ov. Tr. 5, 2, 40: cerebrum, Verg. A. 5, 480: corpus, Sen. Phoen. 159; cf. poet.: animam, id. Herc. Oet. 1451.—*

II. Neutr., to break out, break forth: (spumeus fluctus) vestras effringet in urbes, Sil. 1, 647.

Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Latin frangō Latin effringō From ex- + frangō.