efficio

efficio

Latin

Alternative forms

  • ecfaciō, ecficiō, effaciō

Etymology

    From ef- (“out of”) + faciō (“to do, to make”).

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    efficiō (present infinitive efficere, perfect active effēcī, supine effectum); third (-iō variant) conjugation

    1. to make out or work out; effect, execute, complete, accomplish, make, form, compose
      Synonyms: perficiō, cōnficiō, dēfungor, absolvō, conclūdō, condō, agō, expleō, patrō, cumulō, impleō, peragō, exsequor, fungor, perpetrō, gerō, nāvō, trānsigō, prōflīgō, persolvō, claudō, inclūdō, perferō, exhauriō
    2. to cause to occur, to bring about, to effect, to realize
      Synonyms: pariō, offerō, ēdō, importō, addūcō, īnferō, afferō, iniciō
    3. to produce, bear, yield
      Synonyms: prōcreō, ēnītor, genō, suscipiō, prōdō, pariō, creō, cōnītor, gignō, edō
      Antonym: necō
    4. to yield, bear, amount to, make out
    5. (philosophy) to make out, show, prove, deduce

    Conjugation

       Conjugation of efficiō (third (-iō variant) conjugation)
    indicative singular plural
    first second third first second third
    active present efficiō efficis efficit efficimus efficitis efficiunt
    imperfect efficiēbam efficiēbās efficiēbat efficiēbāmus efficiēbātis efficiēbant
    future efficiam efficiēs efficiet efficiēmus efficiētis efficient
    perfect effēcī effēcistī effēcit effēcimus effēcistis effēcērunt,
    effēcēre
    pluperfect effēceram effēcerās effēcerat effēcerāmus effēcerātis effēcerant
    future perfect effēcerō effēceris effēcerit effēcerimus effēceritis effēcerint
    sigmatic future1 effexō effexis effexit effeximus effexitis effexint
    passive present efficior efficeris,
    efficere     		efficitur efficimur efficiminī efficiuntur
    imperfect efficiēbar efficiēbāris,
    efficiēbāre     		efficiēbātur efficiēbāmur efficiēbāminī efficiēbantur
    future efficiar efficiēris,
    efficiēre     		efficiētur efficiēmur efficiēminī efficientur
    perfect effectus + present active indicative of sum
    pluperfect effectus + imperfect active indicative of sum
    future perfect effectus + future active indicative of sum
    subjunctive singular plural
    first second third first second third
    active present efficiam efficiās efficiat efficiāmus efficiātis efficiant
    imperfect efficerem efficerēs efficeret efficerēmus efficerētis efficerent
    perfect effēcerim effēcerīs effēcerit effēcerīmus effēcerītis effēcerint
    pluperfect effēcissem effēcissēs effēcisset effēcissēmus effēcissētis effēcissent
    sigmatic aorist1 effexim effexīs effexīt effexīmus effexītis effexint
    passive present efficiar efficiāris,
    efficiāre     		efficiātur efficiāmur efficiāminī efficiantur
    imperfect efficerer efficerēris,
    efficerēre     		efficerētur efficerēmur efficerēminī efficerentur
    perfect effectus + present active subjunctive of sum
    pluperfect effectus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
    imperative singular plural
    first second third first second third
    active present — effice — — efficite —
    future — efficitō efficitō — efficitōte efficiuntō
    passive present — efficere — — efficiminī —
    future — efficitor efficitor — — efficiuntor
    non-finite forms infinitive participle
    active passive active passive
    present efficere efficī efficiēns —
    future effectūrum esse effectum īrī effectūrus efficiendus,
    efficiundus
    perfect effēcisse effectum esse — effectus
    future perfect — effectum fore — —
    perfect potential effectūrum fuisse — — —
    verbal nouns gerund supine
    genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
    efficiendī efficiendō efficiendum efficiendō effectum effectū

    1At least one use of the Old Latin "sigmatic future" and "sigmatic aorist" tenses is attested, which are used by Old Latin writers; most notably Plautus and Terence. The sigmatic future is generally ascribed a future or future perfect meaning, while the sigmatic aorist expresses a possible desire ("might want to").

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • → English: effect
    • →⇒ French: effectuer
    • →⇒ Spanish: efectuar

    References

    • “efficio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “efficio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • “efficio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
      • God made the world: deus mundum aedificavit, fabricatus est, effecit (not creavit)
      • Fortune makes men shortsighted, infatuates them: fortuna caecos homines efficit, animos occaecat
      • to obtain a result in something: aliquid efficere, consequi in aliqua re (De Or. 1. 33. 152)
      • to draw a conclusion from a thing: concludere, colligere, efficere, cogere ex aliqua re
      • the conclusion proves that..: ratio or rationis conclusio efficit
      • it follows from this that..: ex quo, unde, hinc efficitur ut
      • to form two legions: efficere duas legiones
      • to build a ship, a fleet: navem, classem aedificare, facere, efficere, instituere
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