LAT
effetus
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Lewis Short
(adj.adv.) : ef-fētus (not effoetus), a, um, adj.
* That has brought forth young, that has laid eggs (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
* Lit. (mostly in Col.): cum effetae loca genitalia tumebunt,Col. 7, 7, 4; 7, 12, 11; 9, 1, 7.—Poet.: simul effetas linquunt examina ceras,Luc. 9, 285.
* Meton. (causa pro effectu).
* Exhausted, worn out by bearing: aliquae (gallinae) in tantum, ut effetae moriantur,Plin. 10, 53, 74, § 146; cf. Sall. C. 53, 5.
* Transf., in gen., exhausted, worn out: tellus, * Lucr. 2, 1150; cf.: effetum et defatigatum solum, Col. praef. § 1: natura (with lassa),Plin. Ep. 6, 21, 1: tauri senio effeti,Col. 6, 24, 1: corpus, * Cic. de Sen. 9, 29; cf. vires (corporis),Verg. A. 5, 396: spes,i. e. vain, delusive,Val. Fl. 4, 380.—Poet.: verique effeta senectus,incapacitated for truth,Verg. A. 7, 440 (cf.: Vana veri,id. ib. 10, 630).— Comp.: oratio effetior,App. Flor. p. 366.— Sup. and adv. do not occur.
* That has brought forth young, that has laid eggs (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
* Lit. (mostly in Col.): cum effetae loca genitalia tumebunt,Col. 7, 7, 4; 7, 12, 11; 9, 1, 7.—Poet.: simul effetas linquunt examina ceras,Luc. 9, 285.
* Meton. (causa pro effectu).
* Exhausted, worn out by bearing: aliquae (gallinae) in tantum, ut effetae moriantur,Plin. 10, 53, 74, § 146; cf. Sall. C. 53, 5.
* Transf., in gen., exhausted, worn out: tellus, * Lucr. 2, 1150; cf.: effetum et defatigatum solum, Col. praef. § 1: natura (with lassa),Plin. Ep. 6, 21, 1: tauri senio effeti,Col. 6, 24, 1: corpus, * Cic. de Sen. 9, 29; cf. vires (corporis),Verg. A. 5, 396: spes,i. e. vain, delusive,Val. Fl. 4, 380.—Poet.: verique effeta senectus,incapacitated for truth,Verg. A. 7, 440 (cf.: Vana veri,id. ib. 10, 630).— Comp.: oratio effetior,App. Flor. p. 366.— Sup. and adv. do not occur.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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