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effātum, i, n., v. effor fin.

effātus, ūs, m. [effor], a speaking (postclass.), Tert. Anim. 6.

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.

  1. I. 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.
  2. * II. In partic.
      1. 1. 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.
      2. 2. 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.
        Note: 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.
    1. B. In partic.: effātum, i, n., a dialectical proposition, an axiom, Cic. Ac. 2, 29 fin. (a transl. of the Gr. ἀξίωμα), Sen. Ep. 117.