effingo

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

    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

    Derived terms

    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.