effusus

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Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of effundō (“pour out; discharge”).

Pronunciation

Participle

effūsus (feminine effūsa, neuter effūsum); first/second-declension participle

  1. poured out, having been poured out
    • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 2.493–494:
      sōl fugit, et removent subeuntia nūbila caelum,
      et gravis effūsīs dēcidit imber aquīs.
      The sun vanishes, the intervening clouds conceal the sky,
      and the heavy shower descends with pouring torrents.
      1851. The Fasti &c of Ovid. Trans. Henry T. Riley. London: H. G. Bohn. pg. 68.
  2. discharged, having been discharged

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative effūsus effūsa effūsum effūsī effūsae effūsa
genitive effūsī effūsae effūsī effūsōrum effūsārum effūsōrum
dative effūsō effūsae effūsō effūsīs
accusative effūsum effūsam effūsum effūsōs effūsās effūsa
ablative effūsō effūsā effūsō effūsīs
vocative effūse effūsa effūsum effūsī effūsae effūsa

Adjective

effūsus (feminine effūsa, neuter effūsum, comparative effūsior); first/second-declension adjective

  1. vast, sprawling
  2. dishevelled (of hair)
  3. disorderly

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative effūsus effūsa effūsum effūsī effūsae effūsa
genitive effūsī effūsae effūsī effūsōrum effūsārum effūsōrum
dative effūsō effūsae effūsō effūsīs
accusative effūsum effūsam effūsum effūsōs effūsās effūsa
ablative effūsō effūsā effūsō effūsīs
vocative effūse effūsa effūsum effūsī effūsae effūsa

References

  • “effusus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “effusus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • effusus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • effusus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • a sudden shower: imbres repente effusi
    • with loose reins: freno remisso; effusis habenis
    • a transport of joy: effusa laetitia
    • prodigal expenditure: sumptus effusi (vid. sect. IX. 2, note Cf. effusa fuga...) or profusi
    • headlong flight: fuga effusa, praeceps (Liv. 30. 5)
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