effor

Latin

Alternative forms

• ecfor

Etymology

From ex- (“out”) +‎ for (“say”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɛf.fɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɛf.for]

Verb

effor (present infinitive effārī, perfect active effātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

1. to speak, say out, utter

   Synonyms: for, oro, alloquor, inquam, loquor, aio, dico

   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.76:

     [...] incipit effārī, mediāque in vōce resistit; [...].

     [Dido] starts to say [something to Aeneas], and in the middle of her words, she stops; [...].
     (Idiomatically, Dido “loses” her words, “forgets” what she is saying, or becomes “tongue-tied”.)

2. (of augurs) to define, determine, fix

Conjugation

• In Classical Latin, the only forms attested in surviving sources are: effor, effāris, effātur, effāmini, effantur, effābor, effābere, effābimur, effāre, effārī, perfect forms from effātus, the present active participle effāns, and the gerund effandum, and gerundive effandus.

   Conjugation of effor (first conjugation, deponent)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	effor		effāris, effāre		effātur		effāmur		effāminī		effantur
	imperfect	effābar		effābāris, effābāre		effābātur		effābāmur		effābāminī		effābantur
	future	effābor		effāberis, effābere		effābitur		effābimur		effābiminī		effābuntur
	perfect	effātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	effātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	effātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	effer		effēris, effēre		effētur		effēmur		effēminī		effentur
	imperfect	effārer		effārēris, effārēre		effārētur		effārēmur		effārēminī		effārentur
	perfect	effātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	effātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		effāre		—		—		effāminī		—
	future	—		effātor		effātor		—		—		effantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		effārī			—			effāns			—
future		effātūrum esse			—			effātūrus			effandus
perfect		effātum esse			—			effātus			—
future perfect		effātum fore			—			—			—
perfect potential		effātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		effandī		effandō		effandum		effandō		effātum		effātū

Derived terms

• effābilis
• effātiō
• effātum
• effātus

Related terms

• for

References

• “effor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “effor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “effor”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.