effusio

Latin

Etymology

From effundō (“I pour out”, “I pour forth”, “I shed”, “I spread abroad”) +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /efˈfuː.si.oː/, [ɛfˈfuːs̠ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /efˈfu.si.o/, [efˈfuːs̬io]

Noun

effūsiō f (genitive effūsiōnis); third declension

1. outpouring
2. shedding
3. profusion

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	effūsiō	effūsiōnēs
genitive	effūsiōnis	effūsiōnum
dative	effūsiōnī	effūsiōnibus
accusative	effūsiōnem	effūsiōnēs
ablative	effūsiōne	effūsiōnibus
vocative	effūsiō	effūsiōnēs

Descendants

• → Catalan: efusió
• → English: effusion
• → French: effusion
• → Italian: effusione
• → Portuguese: efusão
• → Romanian: efuziune
• → Russian: эффузия (effuzija)
• → Spanish: efusión

References

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