effundo

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Latin

Etymology

From ex- (out of) +‎ fundō (pour).

Pronunciation

Verb

effundō (present infinitive effundere, perfect active effūdī, supine effūsum); third conjugation

  1. (of liquids) to pour out, shed, spread abroad, drain off
    Synonyms: confundō, fundō, diffundō, dēfundō, differō, indūcō, sternō, dissipō
    Eheu! Ego aquam effundoAlas! I pour out the water.
  2. to pour, drive, cast or send out, shower, discharge
    Synonyms: ēmittō, prōdō, ēdō
  3. (reflexive or passive voice) to give oneself up to, yield to, indulge in
  4. to lavish, squander, expend, waste, run through
    Synonyms: abutor, perdō, conterō, cōnsūmō, dissipō
  5. to cast away, give up, let go, dismiss, resign
    Synonyms: dedō, reddō, decedō, omittō, destituō, cedō
  6. to relax, loosen, slacken, let go
  7. (of soldiers) to be scattered, dispersed
  8. to unbind, unlink, release
    Synonyms: ēmittō, distrahō, absolvō

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: effuse
  • Italian: effondere
  • Portuguese: efundir
  • Sicilian: ffùnniri
  • Spanish: efundir

References

  • effundo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • effundo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • effundo in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2024), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
  • effundo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • the river is over its banks, is in flood: flumen super ripas effunditur
    • to burst into a flood of tears: lacrimas, vim lacrimarum effundere, profundere
    • to be bathed in tears: in lacrimas effundi or lacrimis perfundi
    • to shed one's blood for one's fatherland: sanguinem suum pro patria effundere or profundere
    • to find relief in tears: dolorem in lacrimas effundere
    • to vent one's anger, spite on some one: virus acerbitatis suae effundere in aliquem (De Amic. 23. 87)
    • to vent one's anger, spite on some one: iram in aliquem effundere
    • to plunge into excesses, a career of excess: in luxuriam effundi
    • to squander one's money, one's patrimony: effundere, profundere pecuniam, patrimonium