effectus
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Perfect passive participle of efficiō (“make or work out; accomplish; effect”), from ē (“out of”) (short form of ex) + faciō (“do, make”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /efˈfek.tus/, [ɛfˈfɛkt̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /efˈfek.tus/, [efˈfɛkt̪us]
Participle
[edit]effectus (feminine effecta, neuter effectum); first/second-declension participle
- made out, worked out, completed, finished, accomplished, made, having been worked out
- caused to occur, brought about, having been brought out
- produced, yielded, having been produced
- (philosophy) shown, proven, deduced, having been proven
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | effectus | effecta | effectum | effectī | effectae | effecta | |
| genitive | effectī | effectae | effectī | effectōrum | effectārum | effectōrum | |
| dative | effectō | effectae | effectō | effectīs | |||
| accusative | effectum | effectam | effectum | effectōs | effectās | effecta | |
| ablative | effectō | effectā | effectō | effectīs | |||
| vocative | effecte | effecta | effectum | effectī | effectae | effecta | |
Noun
[edit]effectus m (genitive effectūs); fourth declension
- The act of doing, making or effecting; execution, accomplishment, completion, performance.
- An effect, result, outcome, operation, tendency, purpose.
Declension
[edit]Fourth-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | effectus | effectūs |
| genitive | effectūs | effectuum |
| dative | effectuī | effectibus |
| accusative | effectum | effectūs |
| ablative | effectū | effectibus |
| vocative | effectus | effectūs |
Descendants
[edit]- → Catalan: efecte
- Dalmatian: afet
- → Dutch: effect
- → Indonesian: efek
- → English: effec
- Old French: effet, → Old French: effect (semi-learned)
- Friulian: efiet
- Italian: effetto
- → Norwegian: effekt
- Piedmontese: efet
- → Portuguese: efeito (semi-learned)
- → Romanian: efect
- → Russian: эффект (effekt)
- Sardinian: efétu
- → Spanish: efecto
- → Swedish: effekt
- → Welsh: effaith
References
[edit]- “effectus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “effectus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- effectus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- effectus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.