effundo
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From ex- (“out of”) + fundō (“pour”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /efˈfun.doː/, [ɛfˈfʊn̪d̪oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /efˈfun.do/, [efˈfun̪d̪o]
Verb
[edit]effundō (present infinitive effundere, perfect active effūdī, supine effūsum); third conjugation
- (of liquids) to pour out, shed, spread abroad, drain off
- to pour, drive, cast or send out, shower, discharge
- (reflexive or passive voice) to give oneself up to, yield to, indulge in
- to lavish, squander, expend, waste, run through
- to cast away, give up, let go, dismiss, resign
- to relax, loosen, slacken, let go
- (of soldiers) to be scattered, dispersed
- to unbind, unlink, release
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[edit]References
[edit]- “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
- effundo in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2024), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
- effundo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], 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
- the river is over its banks, is in flood: flumen super ripas effunditur