effectus
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɛfˈfɛk.tʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [efˈfɛk.tus]
Etymology 1
Perfect passive participle of efficiō (“to make or work out; to accomplish; to effect”).
Participle
effectus (feminine effecta, neuter effectum); first/second-declension participle
- made out, worked out, completed, finished, accomplished, made, having been worked out
- caused to occur, brought about, having been brought out
- produced, yielded, having been produced
- (philosophy) shown, proven, deduced, having been proven
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | effectus | effecta | effectum | effectī | effectae | effecta | |
| genitive | effectī | effectae | effectī | effectōrum | effectārum | effectōrum | |
| dative | effectō | effectae | effectō | effectīs | |||
| accusative | effectum | effectam | effectum | effectōs | effectās | effecta | |
| ablative | effectō | effectā | effectō | effectīs | |||
| vocative | effecte | effecta | effectum | effectī | effectae | effecta | |
Etymology 2
Etymology tree
From efficiō + -tus (forming action nouns).
Noun
effectus m (genitive effectūs); fourth declension
- the act of doing, making or effecting; execution, accomplishment, completion, performance
- an effect, result, outcome, operation, tendency, purpose
Declension
Fourth-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | effectus | effectūs |
| genitive | effectūs | effectuum |
| dative | effectuī | effectibus |
| accusative | effectum | effectūs |
| ablative | effectū | effectibus |
| vocative | effectus | effectūs |
Descendants
- → Catalan: efecte
- Dalmatian: afet
- → Dutch: effect
- → Indonesian: efek
- → English: effec
- Old French: effet, → Old French: effect (semi-learned)
- Friulian: efiet
- Italian: effetto
- → Norwegian: effekt
- Piedmontese: efet
- → Portuguese: efeito (semi-learned)
- → Proto-Brythonic: *efeiθ
- → Romanian: efect
- → Russian: эффект (effekt)
- Sardinian: efétu
- → Spanish: efecto
- → Swedish: effekt
References
- “effectus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “effectus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- "effectus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- “effectus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.