effusus

effusus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of effundō (“pour out; discharge”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /efˈfuː.sus/, [ɛfˈfuːs̠ʊs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /efˈfu.sus/, [efˈfuːs̬us]

Participle

effūsus (feminine effūsa, neuter effūsum); first/second-declension participle

1. poured out, having been poured out
   • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 2.493-494:

     sōl fugit, et removent subeuntia nūbila caelum,
     et gravis effūsīs dēcidit imber aquīs.

     The sun vanishes, the intervening clouds conceal the sky,
     and the heavy shower descends with pouring torrents.
     1851. The Fasti &c of Ovid. Trans. Henry T. Riley. London: H. G. Bohn. pg. 68.

2. discharged, having been discharged

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	effūsus	effūsa	effūsum		effūsī	effūsae	effūsa
Genitive	effūsī	effūsae	effūsī		effūsōrum	effūsārum	effūsōrum
Dative	effūsō		effūsō		effūsīs
Accusative	effūsum	effūsam	effūsum		effūsōs	effūsās	effūsa
Ablative	effūsō	effūsā	effūsō		effūsīs
Vocative	effūse	effūsa	effūsum		effūsī	effūsae	effūsa

Adjective

effūsus (feminine effūsa, neuter effūsum, comparative effūsior); first/second-declension adjective

1. vast, sprawling
2. dishevelled (of hair)
3. disorderly

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	effūsus	effūsa	effūsum		effūsī	effūsae	effūsa
Genitive	effūsī	effūsae	effūsī		effūsōrum	effūsārum	effūsōrum
Dative	effūsō		effūsō		effūsīs
Accusative	effūsum	effūsam	effūsum		effūsōs	effūsās	effūsa
Ablative	effūsō	effūsā	effūsō		effūsīs
Vocative	effūse	effūsa	effūsum		effūsī	effūsae	effūsa

References

• “effusus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “effusus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• effusus 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)
• effusus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • a sudden shower: imbres repente effusi
    
  • with loose reins: freno remisso; effusis habenis
    
  • a transport of joy: effusa laetitia
    
  • prodigal expenditure: sumptus effusi (vid. sect. IX. 2, note Cf. effusa fuga...) or profusi
    
  • headlong flight: fuga effusa, praeceps (Liv. 30. 5)