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verbthird conjugation

effundō

effundō (present infinitive effundere, perfect active effūdī, supine effūsum)
Classical[ɛfˈfʊn.doː]Ecclesiastical[efˈfun.do]
effūse sg. voc. m. perf. pass. ptcp.№ 719 of the 1,000 commonest wordsMille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. to pour out, shed, spread abroad, drain off
    Eheu! Ego aquam effundo.Alas! I pour out the water.
  2. to pour, drive, cast or send out, shower, discharge
  3. to give oneself up to, yield to, indulge in
  4. to lavish, squander, expend, waste, run through
  5. to cast away, give up, let go, dismiss, resign
  6. to relax, loosen, slacken, let go
  7. to be scattered, dispersed
  8. to unbind, unlink, release

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

forās iaciō vel cadere sinō; vir ē currū effūsus per āera volat.
effundō -ere -fūdī — in Mille Verba, Circus Maximus

Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms

Fluere · Manare · Liquere

Fluere (φλύω) denotes flowing, with reference to the motion of the fluid; manare (from μανός, or madere,) with reference to the imparting of the fluid; and liquere, with reference to the nature of the fluid. The cause of the fluendi is, that the fluid has no dam, and according to the law of gravity flows on; whereas the cause of the manandi is the over-fulness of the spring; lastly, liquere, to be fluid, is the negative state of fluere and manare. Hence fluere, with its synonyme labi, is more opposed to hærere and stare; and moreover labari, with its synonyme effundi, more opposed to contineri, claudi; lastly, liquere, with its synonyme dissolvi, more opposed to concrevisse, rigere. Gell. xvii. 11. Plato potum dixit defluere ad pulmonem, eoque satis humectato, demanare per eum, quia sit rimosior, et confluere inde in vesicam. (ii. 1.)

Conjugation conjugation 3

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.effundōeffundēbameffundameffūdīeffūderameffūderō
2nd sg.effundiseffundēbāseffundēseffūdistīeffūderāseffūderis
3rd sg.effunditeffundēbateffundeteffūditeffūderateffūderit
1st pl.effundimuseffundēbāmuseffundēmuseffūdimuseffūderāmuseffūderimus
2nd pl.effunditiseffundēbātiseffundētiseffūdistiseffūderātiseffūderitis
3rd pl.effundunteffundēbanteffundenteffūdērunt
effūdēre
effūderanteffūderint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.effundameffunderemeffūderimeffūdissem
2nd sg.effundāseffunderēseffūderīseffūdissēs
3rd sg.effundateffundereteffūderiteffūdisset
1st pl.effundāmuseffunderēmuseffūderīmuseffūdissēmus
2nd pl.effundātiseffunderētiseffūderītiseffūdissētis
3rd pl.effundanteffunderenteffūderinteffūdissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.effundoreffundēbareffundar
2nd sg.effunderis
effundere
effundēbāris
effundēbāre
effundēris
effundēre
3rd sg.effunditureffundēbātureffundētur
1st pl.effundimureffundēbāmureffundēmur
2nd pl.effundiminīeffundēbāminīeffundēminī
3rd pl.effunduntureffundēbantureffundentur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.effundareffunderer
2nd sg.effundāris
effundāre
effunderēris
effunderēre
3rd sg.effundātureffunderētur
1st pl.effundāmureffunderēmur
2nd pl.effundāminīeffunderēminī
3rd pl.effundantureffunderentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.effundeeffundere
pres. 2nd pl.effunditeeffundiminī
fut. 2nd sg.effunditōeffunditor
fut. 3rd sg.effunditōeffunditor
fut. 2nd pl.effunditōte—
fut. 3rd pl.effunduntōeffunduntor
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiveeffundereeffundī
perfect infinitiveeffūdisseeffūsum esse
future infinitiveeffūsūrum esseeffūsum īrī
present participleeffundēns—
perfect participle—effūsus
effūsa, effūsā, effūsae, effūsam, effūsārum, effūsās, effūse, effūsī, effūsīs, effūsō, effūsōrum, effūsōs
future participleeffūsūrus
effūsūra, effūsūrā, effūsūrae, effūsūram, effūsūrārum, effūsūrās, effūsūre, effūsūrī, effūsūrīs, effūsūrō, effūsūrōrum, effūsūrōs, effūsūrum
effundendus
effundundus, effundenda, effundendā, effundendae, effundendam, effundendārum, effundendās, effundende, effundendīs, effundendōrum, effundendōs
gerundeffundendī, effundendō, effundendumsupineeffūsum, effūsū

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

effusa laetitia
a transport of joy.
in luxuriam effundi
to plunge into excesses, a career of excess.
imbres repente effusi
a sudden shower.
iram in aliquem effundere
to vent one's anger, spite on some one.
dolorem in lacrimas effundere
to find relief in tears.
flumen super ripas effunditur
the river is over its banks, is in flood.
freno remisso; effusis habenis
with loose reins.
fuga effusa, praeceps (Liv. 30. 5)
headlong flight.
6 more phrases
in lacrimas effundi or lacrimis perfundi
to be bathed in tears.
effundere, profundere pecuniam, patrimonium
to squander one's money, one's patrimony.
lacrimas, vim lacrimarum effundere, profundere
to burst into a flood of tears.
sanguinem suum pro patria effundere or profundere
to shed one's blood for one's fatherland.
virus acerbitatis suae effundere in aliquem (De Amic. 23. 87)
to vent one's anger, spite on some one.
sumptus effusi (vid. sect. IX. 2, note Cf. effusa fuga...) or profusi
prodigal expenditure.

ef-fundo (or ecf-), fūdi, fūsum, 3, v. a.,
I. to pour out, pour forth, shed, spread abroad (class.; esp. freq. in the transf. and trop. signif.).
I. Lit.: vinum in barathrum (i. e. ventrem), Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 28; cf. Cic. Pis. 10: aquam oblatam in galea, Front. Strat. 1, 7, 7: humorem, Cels. 7, 15: lacrimas, Lucr. 1, 126; Cic. Planc. 42, 101: imbrem (procella), Curt. 8, 13: se in oceanum (Ganges), Plin. 2, 108, 112, § 243: Sangarius flumen in Propontidem se effundit, Liv. 38, 18, 18; cf. pass. in mid. force: mare neque redundat umquam neque effunditur, Cic. N. D. 2, 45, 116; v. also under P. a.—
B. Transf., of non-liquid bodies.
1. In gen., to pour out, pour forth, drive out, cast out, send out (mostly poet. and in postAug. prose; a favorite word of Vergil): saccos nummorum, Hor. S. 2, 3, 149: frumentum in flumen, Dig. 9, 2, 27, § 19: ei oculus effunditur, is knocked out, put out, ib. 19, 2, 13, § 4: tela, i. e. to shoot in great numbers, Verg. A. 9, 509; Liv. 27, 18: auxilium castris apertis, to send forth, Verg. A. 7, 522: equus consulem lapsum super caput effudit, threw, Liv. 22, 3, 11; so id. 10, 11; 27, 32; Plin. 8, 42, 65, § 160; Curt. 8, 14, 34; Verg. A. 10, 574; 893; cf. Val. Fl. 8, 358: (quae via) Excutiat Teucros vallo atque effundat in aequum, Verg. A. 9, 68: sub altis portis, id. ib. 11, 485; cf.: aliquem solo, id. ib. 12, 532: caput in gremium, Cels. 7, 7, 4. —Poet.: carmina molli numero fluere, ut per leve severos Effundat junctura ungues, i. e. lets it slip over smoothly, Pers. 1, 65.—
2. In partic.
a. With se, or mid. of persons, to pour out in a multitude, to rush out, spread abroad (a favorite expression with the historians): omnis sese multitudo ad cognoscendum effudit (sc. ex urbe), Caes. B. C. 2, 7, 3; so, se, id. ib. 2, 7, 3; Liv. 26, 19; 34, 8; 33, 12, 10; 35, 39, 5; Val. Max. 7, 6, 6; Vell. 2, 112, 4; Suet. Calig. 4 fin.; id. Caes. 44 et saep. (but not in Caes. B. G. 5, 19, 2, where the better reading is: se ejecerat, v. Schneider ad h. l.): omnibus portis effunduntur, Liv. 38, 6; so mid., Tac. A. 1, 23; Liv. 40, 40, 10; and esp. freq. in the part. effusus, Sall. J. 55, 4; 69, 2; Liv. 1, 14; 9, 31; Tac. A. 4, 25 fin.; 12, 31; 15, 23; Verg. A. 6, 305 et saep.—Ellips. of se: ubi se arctat (mare) Hellespontus vocatur; Propontis, ubi expandit; ubi iterum pressit, Thracius Bosporus; ubi iterum effundit, Pontus Euxinus, spreads out, widens, Mel. 1, 1, 5.—
b. With the accessory notion of producing, to bring forth, produce abundantly: non solum fruges verum herbas etiam effundunt, Cic. Or. 15, 48; cf.: fruges (auctumnus), Hor. C. 4, 7, 11: copiam, Cic. Brut. 9, 36.—
c. Of property, to pour out, i. e. to lavish, squander, waste, run through: patrimonium per luxuriam effundere atque consumere, Cic. Rosc. Am. 2, 6; so, patrimonium, id. Phil. 3, 2: aerarium, id. Agr. 1, 5, 15; id. Tusc. 3, 20, 48: sumptus, id. Rosc. Am. 24, 68: opes, Plin. 7, 25, 26, § 94: omnes fortunas, Tac. A. 14, 31: reditus publicos non in classem exercitusque, sed in dies festos, Just. 6, 9, 3; and absol.: effundite, emite, etc., Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 34.
II. Trop.
A. In gen.: effudi vobis omnia, quae sentiebam, i. e. have freely imparted, Cic. de Or. 1, 34 fin.; cf. id. Att. 16, 7, 5; id. Fl. 17, 41; Quint. 2, 2, 10; 10, 3, 17; Val. Fl. 7, 434: procellam eloquentiae, Quint. 11, 3, 158: totos affectus, id. 4, 1, 28: tales voces, Verg. A. 5, 723: questus, id. ib. 5, 780: carmina, Ov. H. 12, 139 al.: vox in coronam turbamque effunditur, Cic. Fl. 28 fin.; cf.: questus in aëra, Ov. M. 9, 370: omnem suum vinulentum furorem in me, Cic. Fam. 12, 25, 4: iram in aliquem, Liv. 39, 34: omne odium in auxilii praesentis spem, id. 31, 44, 2: indignationem, Vulg. Ezech. 20, 8 et saep.—
B. In partic. (acc. to I. B. 2. a. and c.).
1. With se, or mid., to give one's self up to, to give loose to, yield to, indulge in: qui se in aliqua libidine effuderit, Cic. Par. 3, 1, 21: se in omnes libidines, Tac. A. 14, 13: (Pompeius) in nos suavissime hercule effusus, has treated me with the most flattering confidence, Cic. Att. 4, 9; more freq., mid.: in tantam licentiam socordiamque, Liv. 25, 20, 6: in venerem, id. 29, 23, 4: in amorem, Tac. A. 1, 54; Curt. 8, 4, 25: in laetitiam, Just. 12, 3, 7; Curt. 5, 1, 37: in jocos, Suet. Aug. 98: in cachinnos, id. Calig. 32: in questus, lacrimas, vota, Tac. A. 1, 11: in lacrimas, id. ib. 3, 23; 4, 8; id. H. 2, 45; for which, lacrimis, Verg. A. 2, 651; cf.: ad preces lacrimasque, Liv. 44, 31 fin.: ad luxuriam, id. 34, 6: terra effunditur in herbas, Plin. 17, 8, 4, § 48; cf.: quorum stomachus in vomitiones effunditur, id. 23, 1, 23, § 43.—
2. To cast away, give up, let go, dismiss, resign: collectam gratiam florentissimi hominis, Cic. Fam. 2, 16, 1: odium, id. ib. 1, 9, 20: vires, Liv. 10, 28; Ov. M. 12, 107: curam sui, Sen. Ira, 2, 35: verecundiam, id. Ep. 11: animam, Verg. A. 1, 98; cf. vitam, Ov. H. 7, 181; Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 1, 9; cf. id. ib. 1, 11, 25: spiritum, Tac. A. 2, 70.—
3. To relax, loosen, slacken, let go: manibus omnis effundit habenas, Verg. A. 5, 818: sive gradum seu frena effunderet, Stat. Th. 9, 182: irarum effundit habenas, Verg. A. 12, 499.—Hence, effūsus, a, um, P. a.
I. (Effundo, I. B. 1.) Poured out, cast out; hence, plur. as subst.: effusa, ōrum, n., the urine: reliquias et effusa intueri, Sen. Const. Sap. 13, 1.—
II. (Effundo, I. B. 2.) Spread out, extensive, vast, broad, wide (not freq. till after the Aug. per.).— Lit.
1. In gen.: effusumque corpus, Lucr. 3, 113; cf.: late mare, Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 26: loca, Tac. G. 30: effusissimus Hadriatici maris sinus, Vell. 2, 43: incendium, Liv. 30, 5; cf. caedes, id. 42, 65: cursus, id. 2, 50; Plin. 9, 33, 52, § 102: membra, i. e. full, plump, Stat. Th. 6, 841.—
2. Esp., relaxed, slackened, loosened, dishevelled: habenis, Front. Strat. 2, 5, 31; cf.: quam posset effusissimis habenis, Liv. 37, 20: comae, Ov. H. 7, 70; id. Am. 1, 9, 38 et saep.; cf. also transf.: (nymphae) caesariem effusae nitidam per candida colla, Verg. G. 4, 337.—
3. Of soldiers or a throng of people, etc., straggling, disorderly, scattered, dispersed: effusum agmen ducit, Liv. 21, 25, 8: aciem, Luc. 4, 743: huc omnis turba effusa ruebat, Verg. A. 6, 305: sine armis effusi in armatos incidere hostis, Liv. 30, 5, 8.—
III. Trop.
1. Profuse, prodigal, lavish: quis in largitione effusior? Cic. Cael. 6, 13: munificentiae effusissimus, Vell. 2, 41.—
2. Extravagant, immoderate: licentia, Liv. 44, 1; cf. laetitia, id. 35, 43 fin.: cursus, Plin. Ep. 6, 20, 11 et saep.—Comp.: cultus in verbis, Quint. 3, 8, 58.—Sup.: laudationes, Petr. 48, 7: studium, Suet. Ner. 40.— Adv.: effūse.
1. (Acc. to I.) Far spread, far and wide, widely.
a. In gen.: ire, Sall. J. 105, 3; cf. fugere, Liv. 3, 22; 40, 48: persequi, id. 43, 23; Curt. 9, 8: vastare, Liv. 1, 10; 44, 30; cf.: effusius praedari, id. 34, 16 et saep.: spatium annale effuse interpretari. in a wide sense, Cod. Just. 7, 40, 1. —
b. Esp., profusely, lavishly: large effuseque donare, Cic. Rosc. Am. 8 fin.; cf. vivere, id. Cael. 16 fin.: liberalem esse, Aug. ap. Suet. Aug. 71: affluant opes, Liv. 3, 26. —In the comp., Tac. A. 4, 62.—
2. (Acc. to II.) Extravagantly, immoderately: cum inaniter et effuse animus exsultat, Cic. Tusc. 4, 6, 13: amare, Plin. Ep. 6, 26, 2.— Comp.: dicere, Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 20: fovere, id. ib. 7, 24, 4: excipere, Suet. Ner. 22: favere, Tac. H. 1, 19.—Sup.: diligere, Plin. Ep. 7, 30, 1; id. Pan. 84, 4.

Origins

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

Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰunédti Proto-Italic *hundō Latin fundō Latin effundō From ex- (“out of”) + fundō (“pour”).

Descendants
  • Englisheffund
  • Englisheffuse
  • Italianeffondere
  • Portugueseefundir
  • Spanishefundir
  • Sicilianffùnniri

Quick answers

What does effundō mean in Latin?
effundō, a verb, means “to pour out, shed, spread abroad, drain off; to pour, drive, cast or send out, shower, discharge; to give oneself up to, yield to, indulge in”.
What are the principal parts of effundō?
effundō, effundere, effūdī, effūsum (third conjugation).
How do you pronounce effundō?
In classical Latin, [ɛfˈfʊn.doː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [efˈfun.do].
Where does effundō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs → Proto-Italic *eks → Latin effundō.