effingo

Italian

Verb

effingo

1. first-person singular present indicative of effingere

Latin

Alternative forms

• ecfingō

Etymology

From ex- (“out of”) +‎ fingō (“shape, fashion, form”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /efˈfin.ɡoː/, [ɛfˈfɪŋɡoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /efˈfin.ɡo/, [efˈfiŋɡo]

Verb

effingō (present infinitive effingere, perfect active effīnxī, supine effictum); third conjugation

1. (transitive) to form, fashion

   Synonyms: fōrmō, fingō

2. (transitive) to represent, portray, express, depict; imitate, copy
3. (transitive) to wipe out, wipe clean

   Synonyms: abstergeō, pūrgō, tergeō, luō, putō

   Antonyms: maculō, inquinō, polluō, scelerō, contingō

4. (transitive) to rub gently, stroke

Conjugation

   Conjugation of effingō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	effingō	effingis	effingit	effingimus	effingitis	effingunt
	imperfect	effingēbam	effingēbās	effingēbat	effingēbāmus	effingēbātis	effingēbant
	future	effingam	effingēs	effinget	effingēmus	effingētis	effingent
	perfect	effīnxī	effīnxistī	effīnxit	effīnximus	effīnxistis	effīnxērunt, effīnxēre
	pluperfect	effīnxeram	effīnxerās	effīnxerat	effīnxerāmus	effīnxerātis	effīnxerant
	future perfect	effīnxerō	effīnxeris	effīnxerit	effīnxerimus	effīnxeritis	effīnxerint
passive	present	effingor	effingeris, effingere	effingitur	effingimur	effingiminī	effinguntur
	imperfect	effingēbar	effingēbāris, effingēbāre	effingēbātur	effingēbāmur	effingēbāminī	effingēbantur
	future	effingar	effingēris, effingēre	effingētur	effingēmur	effingēminī	effingentur
	perfect	effictus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	effictus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	effictus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	effingam	effingās	effingat	effingāmus	effingātis	effingant
imperfect	effingerem	effingerēs	effingeret	effingerēmus	effingerētis	effingerent
perfect	effīnxerim	effīnxerīs	effīnxerit	effīnxerīmus	effīnxerītis	effīnxerint
pluperfect	effīnxissem	effīnxissēs	effīnxisset	effīnxissēmus	effīnxissētis	effīnxissent
passive	present	effingar	effingāris, effingāre	effingātur	effingāmur	effingāminī	effingantur
imperfect	effingerer	effingerēris, effingerēre	effingerētur	effingerēmur	effingerēminī	effingerentur
perfect	effictus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect	effictus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	effinge	—	—	effingite	—
	future	—	effingitō	effingitō	—	effingitōte	effinguntō
passive	present	—	effingere	—	—	effingiminī	—
	future	—	effingitor	effingitor	—	—	effinguntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		effingere	effīnxisse	effictūrum esse	effingī	effictum esse	effictum īrī
participles		effingēns	—	effictūrus	—	effictus	effingendus, effingundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		effingendī	effingendō	effingendum	effingendō	effictum	effictū

Derived terms

• effictiō
• effigia / effigiēs
• effigiātus
• effigientia

Related terms

• adfingō / affingō
• circumfingō
• cōnfingō
• dēfingō
• diffingō
• fingō
• refingō

Descendants

• Italian: effingere

References

• “effingo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “effingo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• effingo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.