effusio

Latin

Etymology

From effundō (“I pour out”, “I pour forth”, “I shed”, “I spread abroad”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /efˈfuː.si.oː/, [ɛfˈfuːs̠ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /efˈfu.si.o/, [efˈfuːs̬io]

Noun

effūsiō f (genitive effūsiōnis); third declension

1. outpouring
2. shedding
3. profusion

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	effūsiō	effūsiōnēs
Genitive	effūsiōnis	effūsiōnum
Dative	effūsiōnī	effūsiōnibus
Accusative	effūsiōnem	effūsiōnēs
Ablative	effūsiōne	effūsiōnibus
Vocative	effūsiō	effūsiōnēs

Descendants

• Catalan: efusió
• English: effusion
• French: effusion
• Italian: effusione

• Portuguese: efusão
• Romanian: efuziune
• Russian: эффузия (effuzija)
• Spanish: efusión

References

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