effectus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of efficiō (“make or work out; accomplish; effect”), from ē (“out of”) (short form of ex) + faciō (“do, make”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /efˈfek.tus/, [ɛfˈfɛkt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /efˈfek.tus/, [efˈfɛkt̪us]

Participle

effectus (feminine effecta, neuter effectum); first/second-declension participle

1. made out, worked out, completed, finished, accomplished, made, having been worked out
2. caused to occur, brought about, having been brought out
3. produced, yielded, having been produced
4. (philosophy) shown, proven, deduced, having been proven

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	effectus	effecta	effectum		effectī	effectae	effecta
Genitive	effectī	effectae	effectī		effectōrum	effectārum	effectōrum
Dative	effectō		effectō		effectīs
Accusative	effectum	effectam	effectum		effectōs	effectās	effecta
Ablative	effectō	effectā	effectō		effectīs
Vocative	effecte	effecta	effectum		effectī	effectae	effecta

Noun

effectus m (genitive effectūs); fourth declension

1. The act of doing, making or effecting; execution, accomplishment, completion, performance.
2. An effect, result, outcome, operation, tendency, purpose.

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	effectus	effectūs
Genitive	effectūs	effectuum
Dative	effectuī	effectibus
Accusative	effectum	effectūs
Ablative	effectū	effectibus
Vocative	effectus	effectūs

Descendants

• Catalan: efecte
• Dalmatian: afet
• Dutch: effect
• English: effect
• French: effet
• Italian: effetto

• Norwegian: effekt
• Portuguese: efeito
• Romanian: efect
• Russian: эффект (effekt)
• Sardinian: efétu
• Spanish: efecto
• Swedish: effekt

References

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