effingo

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Italian

Verb

effingo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of effingere

Latin

Alternative forms

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.