efficio

Latin

Alternative forms

ecficiō

Etymology

From ex- (“out of”) +‎ faciō (“do, make”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /efˈfi.ki.oː/, [ɛfˈfɪkioː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /efˈfi.t͡ʃi.o/, [efˈfiːt͡ʃio]

Verb

efficiō (present infinitive efficere, perfect active effēcī, supine effectum); third conjugation iō-variant

to make or work out; effect, execute, complete, accomplish, make, form, compose
Synonyms: perficiō, cōnficiō, dēfungor, absolvō, conclūdō, condō, agō, expleō, patrō, cumulō, impleō, peragō, exsequor, fungor, perpetrō, gerō, nāvō, trānsigō, prōflīgō, persolvō, claudō, inclūdō, perferō, exhauriō
to cause to occur, to bring about, to effect, to realize
Synonyms: pariō, offerō, ēdō, importō, addūcō, īnferō, afferō, iniciō
to produce, bear, yield
Synonyms: prōcreō, ēnītor, genō, suscipiō, prōdō, pariō, creō, cōnītor, gignō, edō

Antonym: necō
to yield, bear, amount to, make out
(philosophy) to make out, show, prove, deduce

Conjugation

Conjugation of efficiō (third conjugation iō-variant)

indicative		singular			plural
indicative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	efficiō	efficis	efficit	efficimus	efficitis	efficiunt
	imperfect	efficiēbam	efficiēbās	efficiēbat	efficiēbāmus	efficiēbātis	efficiēbant
	future	efficiam	efficiēs	efficiet	efficiēmus	efficiētis	efficient
	perfect	effēcī	effēcistī	effēcit	effēcimus	effēcistis	effēcērunt, effēcēre
	pluperfect	effēceram	effēcerās	effēcerat	effēcerāmus	effēcerātis	effēcerant
	future perfect	effēcerō	effēceris	effēcerit	effēcerimus	effēceritis	effēcerint
	sigmatic future¹	effexō	effexis	effexit	effeximus	effexitis	effexint
passive	present	efficior	efficeris, efficere	efficitur	efficimur	efficiminī	efficiuntur
	imperfect	efficiēbar	efficiēbāris, efficiēbāre	efficiēbātur	efficiēbāmur	efficiēbāminī	efficiēbantur
	future	efficiar	efficiēris, efficiēre	efficiētur	efficiēmur	efficiēminī	efficientur
	perfect	effectus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	effectus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	effectus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
subjunctive		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	efficiam	efficiās	efficiat	efficiāmus	efficiātis	efficiant
imperfect	efficerem	efficerēs	efficeret	efficerēmus	efficerētis	efficerent
perfect	effēcerim	effēcerīs	effēcerit	effēcerīmus	effēcerītis	effēcerint
pluperfect	effēcissem	effēcissēs	effēcisset	effēcissēmus	effēcissētis	effēcissent
sigmatic aorist¹	effexim	effexīs	effexīt	effexīmus	effexītis	effexint
passive	present	efficiar	efficiāris, efficiāre	efficiātur	efficiāmur	efficiāminī	efficiantur
imperfect	efficerer	efficerēris, efficerēre	efficerētur	efficerēmur	efficerēminī	efficerentur
perfect	effectus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect	effectus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	effice	—	—	efficite	—
active	future	—	efficitō	efficitō	—	efficitōte	efficiuntō
passive	present	—	efficere	—	—	efficiminī	—
passive	future	—	efficitor	efficitor	—	—	efficiuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		efficere	effēcisse	effectūrum esse	efficī	effectum esse	effectum īrī
participles		efficiēns	—	effectūrus	—	effectus	efficiendus, efficiundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		efficiendī	efficiendō	efficiendum	efficiendō	effectum	effectū

¹At least one use of the archaic "sigmatic future" and "sigmatic aorist" tenses is attested, which are used by Old Latin writers; most notably Plautus and Terence. The sigmatic future is generally ascribed a future or future perfect meaning, while the sigmatic aorist expresses a possible desire ("might want to").

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

→ English: effect
→⇒ French: effectuer
→⇒ Spanish: efectuar

References

“efficio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“efficio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
efficio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- God made the world: deus mundum aedificavit, fabricatus est, effecit (not creavit)
- Fortune makes men shortsighted, infatuates them: fortuna caecos homines efficit, animos occaecat
- to obtain a result in something: aliquid efficere, consequi in aliqua re (De Or. 1. 33. 152)
- to draw a conclusion from a thing: concludere, colligere, efficere, cogere ex aliqua re
- the conclusion proves that..: ratio or rationis conclusio efficit
- it follows from this that..: ex quo, unde, hinc efficitur ut
- to form two legions: efficere duas legiones
- to build a ship, a fleet: navem, classem aedificare, facere, efficere, instituere