efficio

Latin

Alternative forms

  • ecficiō

Etymology

From ex- (out of) +‎ faciō (do, make).

Pronunciation

Verb

efficiō (present infinitive efficere, perfect active effēcī, supine effectum); third conjugation -variant

  1. to make or work out; effect, execute, complete, accomplish, make, form, compose
    Synonyms: perficiō, cōnficiō, dēfungor, absolvō, conclūdō, condō, agō, expleō, patrō, cumulō, impleō, peragō, exsequor, fungor, perpetrō, gerō, nāvō, trānsigō, prōflīgō, persolvō, claudō, inclūdō, perferō, exhauriō
  2. to cause to occur, to bring about, to effect, to realize
    Synonyms: pariō, offerō, ēdō, importō, addūcō, īnferō, afferō, iniciō
  3. to produce, bear, yield
    Synonyms: prōcreō, ēnītor, genō, suscipiō, prōdō, pariō, creō, cōnītor, gignō, edō
    Antonym: necō
  4. to yield, bear, amount to, make out
  5. (philosophy) to make out, show, prove, deduce

Conjugation

1At least one use of the Old Latin "sigmatic future" and "sigmatic aorist" tenses is attested, which are used by Old Latin writers; most notably Plautus and Terence. The sigmatic future is generally ascribed a future or future perfect meaning, while the sigmatic aorist expresses a possible desire ("might want to").

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: effect
  • French: effectuer
  • Spanish: efectuar

References

  • efficio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • efficio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • efficio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • God made the world: deus mundum aedificavit, fabricatus est, effecit (not creavit)
    • Fortune makes men shortsighted, infatuates them: fortuna caecos homines efficit, animos occaecat
    • to obtain a result in something: aliquid efficere, consequi in aliqua re (De Or. 1. 33. 152)
    • to draw a conclusion from a thing: concludere, colligere, efficere, cogere ex aliqua re
    • the conclusion proves that..: ratio or rationis conclusio efficit
    • it follows from this that..: ex quo, unde, hinc efficitur ut
    • to form two legions: efficere duas legiones
    • to build a ship, a fleet: navem, classem aedificare, facere, efficere, instituere