English

Noun

effigies

1. plural of effigy

French

Noun

effigies f

1. plural of effigie

Latin

Alternative forms

• effigia

Etymology

From effingō ‎(“represent, portray”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /efˈfi.ɡi.eːs/

Noun

effigiēs f ‎(genitive effigiēī); fifth declension

1. copy, imitation
2. likeness, portrait, image, effigy, statue

Inflection

Fifth declension.

Descendants

• English: effigy
• French: effigie
• Italian: effigie
• Spanish: efigie

References

• effigies in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• effigies in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• EFFIGIES in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “effigies”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• effigies in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers