effingo

== Italian == === Verb === effingo first-person singular present indicative of effingere == Latin == === Alternative forms === ecfingō === Etymology === From ex- (“out of”) +‎ fingō (“shape, fashion, form”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɛfˈfɪŋ.ɡoː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [efˈfiŋ.ɡo] === Verb === effingō (present infinitive effingere, perfect active effīnxī, supine effictum); third conjugation (transitive) to form, fashion Synonyms: fōrmō, fingō (transitive) to represent, portray, express, depict; imitate, copy (transitive) to wipe out, wipe clean Synonyms: abstergeō, pūrgō, tergeō, luō, putō Antonyms: maculō, inquinō, polluō, scelerō, contingō (transitive) to rub gently, stroke ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== effictiō effigia / effigiēs effigiātus effigientia ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Italian: effingere === References === “effingo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “effingo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “effingo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.