Latin

Verb

effundō ‎(present infinitive effundere, perfect active effūdī, supine effūsum); third conjugation

1. (of liquids) I pour out, shed, spread abroad, drain off.

   Eheu! Ego aquam effundo.

   Alas! I pour out the water.

2. I pour, drive, cast or send out, shower, discharge.
3. (reflexive or passive) I pour or rush out, spread abroad.
4. (reflexive) I give myself up to, yield to, indulge in.
5. I lavish, squander, expend, waste, run through.
6. I cast away, give up, let go, dismiss, resign.
7. I relax, loosen, slacken, let go.

Inflection

Derived terms

• effūsē
• effūsiō
• effūsor
• effūsus

Related terms

• cōnfundō
• fundō

Descendants

• English: effusion
• Portuguese: efundir
• Spanish: efundir

References

• effundo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• effundo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “effundo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the river is over its banks, is in flood: flumen super ripas effunditur
    
  • to burst into a flood of tears: lacrimas, vim lacrimarum effundere, profundere
    
  • to be bathed in tears: in lacrimas effundi or lacrimis perfundi
    
  • to shed one's blood for one's fatherland: sanguinem suum pro patria effundere or profundere
    
  • to find relief in tears: dolorem in lacrimas effundere
    
  • to vent one's anger, spite on some one: virus acerbitatis suae effundere in aliquem (De Amic. 23. 87)
    
  • to vent one's anger, spite on some one: iram in aliquem effundere
    
  • to plunge into excesses, a career of excess: in luxuriam effundi
    
  • to squander one's money, one's patrimony: effundere, profundere pecuniam, patrimonium