Italian

Verb

effingo

1. first-person singular present indicative of effingere

Latin

Alternative forms

• ecfingō

Etymology

From ex- ‎(“out of”) +‎ fingō ‎(“shape, fashion, form”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /efˈfin.ɡoː/

Verb

effingō ‎(present infinitive effingere, perfect active effinxī, supine effictum); third conjugation

1. (transitive) I form, fashion.
2. (transitive) I represent, portray, express, depict; imitate, copy.
3. (transitive) I wipe out, wipe clean.
4. (transitive) I rub gently, stroke.

Inflection

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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “effingo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.