effectus Latin · revision 3800

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Cicero|origins=ine-pro *dʰeh₁-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ɛfˈfɛk.tʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [efˈfɛk.tus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''effectus''' ''m'' (genitive effectūs); fourth declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|efficiō|-tus|t1=to bring about]], an action noun.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) ''Efficiō'' is from [[ex-]] and [[facio|alt=faciō]] “to make”, which de Vaan traces to [[ine-pro|*dʰh₁-k-|t=to make]], from [[ine-pro|*dʰeh₁-|t=to put]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The TLL dates its appearance to about 45 BC, in Cicero, Varro and Plancus.^(TLL) Cicero says that in lust there is wrongdoing even without its accomplishment.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant the carrying out of a purpose or task, accomplishment, as Livy's daring attempt and achievement of crossing the Alps.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913) It also meant the result or effect, ''sine effectu'' “without result”, and a mode of operation, as the visible workings of the gods in Vitruvius.^(OLD 2012)

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+ Seneca uses it of the making of a living creature.^(OLD 2012) The TLL says it was used through all Latinity and was popular with later and Christian authors.^(TLL) English ''effect'' came from it through Old French in the mid-14th century.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 45 BC – Cicero and Varro begin to use it.^(TLL)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy uses it of carrying out a plan.^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca uses it of the making of a living being.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * mid-14th century – English ''effect'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # Making, creation.^(OLD 2012)

+ # [[m|en|Execution]], accomplishment, performance.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # An [[m|en|effect]], result, outcome, ''sine effectu'', without result.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Operation, mode of action.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[efficio]]

+ * [[en|effect]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}