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
- 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.
- The sun vanishes, the intervening clouds conceal the sky,
- sōl fugit, et removent subeuntia nūbila caelum,
- 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
- vast, sprawling
- dishevelled (of hair)
- 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)
- a sudden shower: imbres repente effusi