effectus

== Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɛfˈfɛk.tʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [efˈfɛk.tus] === Etymology 1 === Perfect passive participle of efficiō (“to make or work out; to accomplish; to effect”). ==== Participle ==== effectus (feminine effecta, neuter effectum); first/second-declension participle made out, worked out, completed, finished, accomplished, made, having been worked out Synonyms: complētus, absolūtus, perfectus, factus, dēfūnctus Antonyms: incohatus, infectus, imperfectus caused to occur, brought about, having been brought out produced, yielded, having been produced (philosophy) shown, proven, deduced, having been proven ===== Declension ===== First/second-declension adjective. === Etymology 2 === From efficiō +‎ -tus (forming action nouns). ==== Noun ==== effectus m (genitive effectūs); fourth declension the act of doing, making or effecting; execution, accomplishment, completion, performance an effect, result, outcome, operation, tendency, purpose Synonyms: successus, frūx, frūctus, ēventus, exitus, prōventus ===== Declension ===== Fourth-declension noun. ===== Descendants ===== === 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, 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.