effati N N

ef-for, ātus, 1, v. dep. a. ( defect. In use only: effor, Cav. ap. Diom. p. 375 P.:

effaris,

App. M. 7, 25, p. 199, 6:

effatur,

Verg. A. 10, 523 al.:

effamini,

Arn. 7, 41:

effantur, App. Mund. prooem. p. 56, 22: effabor,

Lucr. 5, 104:

effabere,

Luc. 8, 346:

effabimur,

Cic. Ac. 2, 30, 97:

effantes,

App. Mund. p. 65, 5; imp.:

effare,

Verg. A. 6, 560; inf.:

effari,

id. ib. 4, 76; as pass., poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 17, 39; part.:

effatus,

Verg. A. 3, 463 al.; as pass. v. infra:

effando,

Liv. 5, 15, 10: effatu, Pl. 3, 21, 25, § 139 al.), to speak or say out, to utter.

In gen. (an old relig. and poet. word; cf. Cic. de Or. 3, 38, 153; esp. freq. in Verg.): sed tamen effabor, * Lucr. 5, 104: haec effatu' pater, repente recessit, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 48 ed. Vahlen); cf. Verg. G. 4, 450; id. A. 3, 463; 4, 30; 76; 456 et saep.; Hor. Epod. 17, 37; Luc. 8, 347 et saep.:

et tacendo forsitan, quae dii immortales vulgari velint, haud minus, quam celanda effando, nefas contrahi,

Liv. 5, 15 fin.; Suet. Ner. 49:

effatu digna nomina,

Plin. 3, 21, 25, § 139 et saep.— Absol., Vulg. Psa. 93, 2; id. Prov. 18, 23.—

In partic.

As t. t. in the language of augurs, to fix, define, determine a place for a religious purpose:

templum,

Cic. Att. 13, 42, 3; cf. pass.:

templa effari ab auguribus,

Varr. L. L. 6, 7, § 53.—

In dialectics, to state a proposition:

quod ita effabimur,

Aut vivet cras Hermarchus, aut non vivet, Cic. Ac. 2, 30, 97; cf. in the foll.: effatum.

► effātus, a, um, in passive signif., pronounced, established, determined, designated: effata dicuntur, quod augures finem auspiciorum caelestum extra urbem agris sunt effati ubi esset;

hinc effari templa dicuntur ab auguribus,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 53 Müll.; cf. Libri Augur. ap. Gell. 13, 14; Serv. Verg. A. 6, 197; Fest. S. V. MINORA TEMPLA, p. 157, 28 Müll.; Cic. Leg. 2, 8 fin.; Liv. 10, 37 fin.:

FATIDICORVM ET VATVM EFFATA INCOGNITA,

announcements, predictions, Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 20; cf. Liv. 1, 24.—

In partic.: effātum, i, n., a dialectical proposition, an axiom, Cic. Ac. 2, 29 fin. (a transl. of the Gr. axiôma), Sen. Ep. 117.