effor

Latin

Alternative forms

• ecfor

Etymology

From ex- (“out”) +‎ for (“say”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈef.for/, [ˈɛfːɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈef.for/, [ˈɛfːor]

Verb

effor (present infinitive effārī, perfect active effātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

1. to speak, say out, utter

   Synonyms: for, oro, alloquor, inquam, loquor, aio, dico

   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.76:

     [...] incipit effārī, mediāque in vōce resistit; [...].

     [Dido] starts to say [something to Aeneas], and in the middle of her words, she stops; [...].
     (Idiomatically, Dido “loses” her words, “forgets” what she is saying, or becomes “tongue-tied”.)

2. (of augurs) to define, determine, fix

Conjugation

• In Classical Latin, the only forms attested in surviving sources are: effor, effāris, effātur, effāmini, effantur, effābor, effābere, effābimur, effāre, effārī, perfect forms from effātus, the present active participle effāns, and the gerund effandum, and gerundive effandus.

Conjugation of effor (first conjugation, deponent)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	effor	effāris, effāre	effātur	effāmur	effāminī	effantur
	imperfect	effābar	effābāris, effābāre	effābātur	effābāmur	effābāminī	effābantur
	future	effābor	effāberis, effābere	effābitur	effābimur	effābiminī	effābuntur
	perfect	effātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	effātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	effātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	effer	effēris, effēre	effētur	effēmur	effēminī	effentur
	imperfect	effārer	effārēris, effārēre	effārētur	effārēmur	effārēminī	effārentur
	perfect	effātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	effātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	effāre	—	—	effāminī	—
	future	—	effātor	effātor	—	—	effantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		effārī	effātum esse	effātūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		effāns	effātus	effātūrus	—	—	effandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		effandī	effandō	effandum	effandō	effātum	effātū

Derived terms

• effābilis
• effātiō
• effātum
• effātus

Related terms

• for

References

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