Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 590.efficiō on page 590
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efficere to bring about
efficere is a Latin Verb that primarily means to bring about.
Definitions for efficere
Wheelock's Latin
Verb
- 1
accomplish, perform, bring about, cause
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Verb
- 1
To manufacture, make, construct, etc. (b) to compose (a speech, piece of writing), (c) to make a representation of.
- 2
(of persons or things) To cause to occur, bring about (a result, state of affairs, etc.). (b) to cause to spring up, raise (crops). (c) to articulate, frame (words, etc.). (d) to bring (a certain type of person) into existence (by training or sim.).
- 3
(w. consts., esp. ut or ne+subj.) To bring it about that, be the cause that.
- 4
(of things) To make naturally, form (a specified shape, feature, etc.).
- 5
(of plants, animals, etc.) To bring forth from one's substance, yield, produce. (b) (of land) to bear (crops); also, to bring in (revenue). (c) (gram., of a word) to give rise to (certain inflections).
Sentences with efficere
Latin to English
Itemque in sermonibus alium [quemque], quamvis praepotens sit, efficere, ut unus de multis esse videatur. Compare So we find that another, no matter how eminent he may be, will condescend in social intercourse to make himself but a very ordinary person.
Commemoratur ab eo Themistocles, Pericles, Cyrus, Agesilaus, Alexander, quos negat sine adiumentis hominum tantas re efficere potuisse. Compare He cites the deeds of Themistocles, Pericles, Cyrus, Agesilaus, Alexander, who, he says, could not have achieved so great success without the support of other men.
Conjugation table for efficere
Cactus2000
| ACTIVE | |
| Indicative present | Indicative imperfect |
| efficiō efficis efficit efficimus efficitis efficiunt | efficiēbam efficiēbās efficiēbat efficiēbāmus efficiēbātis efficiēbant |
| Indicative perfect | Indicative pluperfect |
| effēcī effēcistī effēcit effēcimus effēcistis effēcērunt / effēcēre | effēceram effēcerās effēcerat effēcerāmus effēcerātis effēcerant |
| Indicative future | Indicative future perfect |
| efficiam efficiēs efficiet efficiēmus efficiētis efficient | effēcerō effēceris effēcerit effēcerimus effēceritis effēcerint |
| Subjunctive present | Subjunctive imperfect |
| efficiam efficiās efficiat efficiāmus efficiātis efficiant | efficerem efficerēs efficeret efficerēmus efficerētis efficerent |
| Subjunctive perfect | Subjunctive pluperfect |
| effēcerim effēceris effēcerit effēcerimus effēceritis effēcerint | effēcissem effēcissēs effēcisset effēcissēmus effēcissētis effēcissent |
Infinitive present efficere Infinitive perfect effēcisse Infinitive future effectūrum esse | Imperative present effice efficite Imperative future efficitō efficitō efficitōte efficiuntō |
| PASSIVE | |
| Indicative present | Indicative imperfect |
| efficior efficeris efficitur efficimur efficiminī efficiuntur | efficiēbar efficiēbāris / efficiēbāre efficiēbātur efficiēbāmur efficiēbāminī efficiēbantur |
| Indicative perfect | Indicative pluperfect |
| effectus sum effectus es effectus est effectī sumus effectī estis effectī sunt | effectus eram effectus erās effectus erat effectī erāmus effectī erātis effectī erant |
| Indicative future | Indicative future perfect |
| efficiar efficiēris / efficiēre efficiētur efficiēmur efficiēminī efficientur | effectus erō effectus eris effectus erit effectī erimus effectī eritis effectī erunt |
| Subjunctive present | Subjunctive imperfect |
| efficiar efficiāris / efficiāre efficiātur efficiāmur efficiāminī efficiantur | efficerer efficerēris / efficerēre efficerētur efficerēmur efficerēminī efficerentur |
| Subjunctive perfect | Subjunctive pluperfect |
| effectus sim effectus sīs effectus sit effectī sīmus effectī sītis effectī sint | effectus essem effectus essēs effectus esset effectī essēmus effectī essētis effectī essent |
Infinitive present efficī Infinitive perfect effectum esse Infinitive future effectum īrī | Imperative present efficere efficiminī Imperative future efficitor efficitor - efficiuntor |
| PARTICIPLE | ||
| Participle present active | ||
| Nom. | efficiēns | efficientēs |
| Gen. | efficientis | efficientium |
| Dat. | efficientī | efficientibus |
| Acc. | efficientem | efficientēs |
| Abl. | efficiente | efficientibus |
| Participle future active | ||
| Nom. | effectūrus | effectūrī |
| Gen. | effectūrī | effectūrōrum |
| Dat. | effectūrō | effectūrīs |
| Acc. | effectūrum | effectūrōs |
| Abl. | effectūrō | effectūrīs |
| Participle perfect passive | ||
| Nom. | effectus | effectī |
| Gen. | effectī | effectōrum |
| Dat. | effectō | effectīs |
| Acc. | effectum | effectōs |
| Abl. | effectō | effectīs |
| Gerundive | ||
| Nom. | efficiendus | efficiendī |
| Gen. | efficiendī | efficiendōrum |
| Dat. | efficiendō | efficiendīs |
| Acc. | efficiendum | efficiendōs |
| Abl. | efficiendō | efficiendīs |
| Gerund | Supine | |
| Nom. | efficere | effectum |
| Gen. | efficiendī | effectū |
| Dat. | efficiendō | |
| Acc. | efficiendum | |
| Abl. | efficiendō | |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 475.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 590.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "efficiō, efficere, effēcī, effectum (v.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed December 22, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/efficio-efficere-effeci-effectum.
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Wheelock's Latin
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