efficio

Latin

Alternative forms

• ecfaciō, ecficiō, effaciō

Etymology

From ex- (“out of”) + faciō (“to do, to make”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɛfˈfɪ.ki.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [efˈfiː.t͡ʃi.o]
• Hyphenation: ef‧fi‧ci‧ō

Verb

efficiō (present infinitive efficere, perfect active effēcī, supine effectum); third (-iō variant) conjugation

1. to make out or work out; effect, execute, complete, accomplish, make, form, compose

   Synonyms: perficiō, cōnficiō, dēfungor, absolvō, conclūdō, condō, agō, expleō, patrō, cumulō, impleō, peragō, exsequor, fungor, perpetrō, gerō, nāvō, trānsigō, prōflīgō, persolvō, claudō, inclūdō, perferō, exhauriō

2. to cause to occur, to bring about, to effect, to realize

   Synonyms: pariō, offerō, ēdō, importō, addūcō, īnferō, afferō, iniciō

3. to produce, bear, yield

   Synonyms: prōcreō, ēnītor, genō, suscipiō, prōdō, pariō, creō, cōnītor, gignō, edō

   Antonym: necō

4. to yield, bear, amount to, make out
5. (philosophy) to make out, show, prove, deduce

Conjugation

   Conjugation of efficiō (third (-iō variant) conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	efficiō		efficis		efficit		efficimus		efficitis		efficiunt
	imperfect	efficiēbam		efficiēbās		efficiēbat		efficiēbāmus		efficiēbātis		efficiēbant
	future	efficiam		efficiēs		efficiet		efficiēmus		efficiētis		efficient
	perfect	effēcī		effēcistī		effēcit		effēcimus		effēcistis		effēcērunt, effēcēre
	pluperfect	effēceram		effēcerās		effēcerat		effēcerāmus		effēcerātis		effēcerant
	future perfect	effēcerō		effēceris		effēcerit		effēcerimus		effēceritis		effēcerint
	sigmatic future1	effexō		effexis		effexit		effeximus		effexitis		effexint
passive	present	efficior		efficeris, efficere		efficitur		efficimur		efficiminī		efficiuntur
	imperfect	efficiēbar		efficiēbāris, efficiēbāre		efficiēbātur		efficiēbāmur		efficiēbāminī		efficiēbantur
	future	efficiar		efficiēris, efficiēre		efficiētur		efficiēmur		efficiēminī		efficientur
	perfect	effectus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	effectus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	effectus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	efficiam		efficiās		efficiat		efficiāmus		efficiātis		efficiant
	imperfect	efficerem		efficerēs		efficeret		efficerēmus		efficerētis		efficerent
	perfect	effēcerim		effēcerīs		effēcerit		effēcerīmus		effēcerītis		effēcerint
	pluperfect	effēcissem		effēcissēs		effēcisset		effēcissēmus		effēcissētis		effēcissent
	sigmatic aorist1	effexim		effexīs		effexīt		effexīmus		effexītis		effexint
passive	present	efficiar		efficiāris, efficiāre		efficiātur		efficiāmur		efficiāminī		efficiantur
	imperfect	efficerer		efficerēris, efficerēre		efficerētur		efficerēmur		efficerēminī		efficerentur
	perfect	effectus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	effectus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		effice		—		—		efficite		—
	future	—		efficitō		efficitō		—		efficitōte		efficiuntō
passive	present	—		efficere		—		—		efficiminī		—
	future	—		efficitor		efficitor		—		—		efficiuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		efficere			efficī			efficiēns			—
future		effectūrum esse			effectum īrī			effectūrus			efficiendus, efficiundus
perfect		effēcisse			effectum esse			—			effectus
future perfect		—			effectum fore			—			—
perfect potential		effectūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		efficiendī		efficiendō		efficiendum		efficiendō		effectum		effectū

¹At least one use of the Old Latin "sigmatic future" and "sigmatic aorist" tenses is attested, which are used by Old Latin writers; most notably Plautus and Terence. The sigmatic future is generally ascribed a future or future perfect meaning, while the sigmatic aorist expresses a possible desire ("might want to").

Derived terms

• effectē
• effectiō
• effectīvus
• effector
• effectrīx
• effectus
• efficāx
• efficiēns
• efficienter
• efficientia

Related terms

• afficiō
• cōnficiō
• dēficiō
• effectōrius
• effectrīx
• efficācia
• efficācitās
• efficāciter
• faciō
• īnficiō
• interficiō
• officiō
• perficiō
• praeficiō
• prōficiō
• reficiō
• sufficiō

Descendants

• → English: effect
• →⇒ French: effectuer
• →⇒ Spanish: efectuar

References

• “efficio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “efficio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “efficio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • God made the world: deus mundum aedificavit, fabricatus est, effecit (not creavit)
    
  • Fortune makes men shortsighted, infatuates them: fortuna caecos homines efficit, animos occaecat
    
  • to obtain a result in something: aliquid efficere, consequi in aliqua re (De Or. 1. 33. 152)
    
  • to draw a conclusion from a thing: concludere, colligere, efficere, cogere ex aliqua re
    
  • the conclusion proves that..: ratio or rationis conclusio efficit
    
  • it follows from this that..: ex quo, unde, hinc efficitur ut
    
  • to form two legions: efficere duas legiones
    
  • to build a ship, a fleet: navem, classem aedificare, facere, efficere, instituere