ef-fĭcĭo — Lewis & Short
ef-fĭcĭo (ecfacio), fēci, fectum, 3 (
I perf. subj. effexis, Plaut. As. 3, 5, 63; id. Poen. 1, 3, 19; inf. pass. ecfiĕri, id. Pers. 5, 1, 9; Lucr. 6, 761), v. a., to make out, work out; hence, to bring to pass, to effect, execute, complete, accomplish, make, form (very freq. in all periods and sorts of writing).
I In gen.
(a) With acc.:
male quod mulier facere incepit, nisi id ecficere perpetrat,Plaut. Truc. 2, 5, 12 sq.; cf. id. Pers. 5, 1, 9; Caes. B. C. 1, 36 fin.; 1, 61, 2:
magna facinora,Plaut. Ps. 2, 1, 16; so,
facinora,Cic. Phil. 2, 42, 109; cf.
opus,id. ib. 4, 1, 6; Plaut. Truc. 5, 17; Caes. B. G. 4, 18, 1; 7, 35, 4 et saep.:
pontem,id. ib. 6, 6, 1; id. B. C. 1, 40, 1; 1, 62 fin.:
ligneas turres, tormenta,id. ib. 3, 9, 3; 3, 39 fin.:
castella,id. ib. 3, 44, 3:
panes ex hoc (genere radicis),id. ib. 3, 48, 3:
sphaeram (Archimedes),Cic. Rep. 1, 17:
columnam,Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 56 et saep.:
Mosa insulam efficit Batavorum,Caes. B. G. 4, 10, 2; id. ib. § 4; id. B. C. 3, 40, 4; cf.:
portum (insula),id. ib. 3, 112, 2; Verg. A. 1, 160:
magnum numerum cratium, scalarum, etc.,Caes. B. G. 7, 81, 1:
aliquid dignum dono deorum,Cic. Rep. 3, 3; cf. id. de Or. 1, 26, 120:
civitatem,id. Rep. 2, 30; cf. id. ib. 3, 32:
varios concentus, septem sonos,id. ib. 6, 18:
magnas rerum commutationes,Caes. B. C. 3, 68, 1:
tantos progressus,Cic. Brut. 78, 272:
clamores et admirationes in bonis oratoribus,id. de Or. 1, 33, 152; id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 3 et saep.:
XIII. cohortes,Caes. B. C. 1, 15, 5; cf.:
delectu habito duas legiones,id. ib. 1, 31, 2:
unam ex duabus (legionibus),id. ib. 3, 89, 1:
ad duo milia ferme boum,Liv. 22, 16 et saep.:
lepide meum officium,Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 1 sq.; cf.:
nostra munia,id. Stich. 5, 4, 13:
munus,Cic. Rep. 1, 46 fin.; id. Leg. 1, 5, 16:
nuptias alicui,Ter. And. 3, 4, 16:
aurum alicui,Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 55; cf. id. Poen. 1, 1, 57; Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 23:
hanc mulierem tibi,Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 110 et saep.:
quod a Curione effeceram,had procured, obtained, Cic. Att. 10, 10:
amor mores hominum moros et morosos ecficit,Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 43.—With two accs.:
fortuna eos efficit caecos, quos complexa est,Cic. Lael. 15, 54; id. Off. 1, 1, 2; id. Rep. 2, 42; Caes. B. G. 3, 24 fin. et saep.; cf.:
hunc (montem) murus circumdatus arcem efficit,id. ib. 1, 38, 6:
aliquem consulem,Cic. Lael. 20, 73:
aliquem dictatorem,id. Att. 15, 21; cf.
also: quae res immani corporum magnitudine homines efficit,Caes. B. G. 4, 1, 9; and:
id (genus radicis) ad similitudinem panis efficiebant,id. B. C. 3, 48, 1.—
(b) With ut:
eniti et efficere, ut, etc.,Cic. Lael. 16, 59; id. Rep. 1, 20; 3, 31; Caes. B. G. 2, 5, 5; 2, 17, 4 et saep.; cf.:
hoc si efficiam plane, ut, etc.,Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 62:
si id efficere non posset, ut, etc.,Caes. B. G. 5, 50, 3:
neque polliceor me effecturum, ut, etc.,Cic. Rep. 1, 24 fin. —Ellips. of ut:
effice, di coëamus in unum,Ov. F. 3, 683.—
(g) With ne (rare):
efficio ne cui molesti sint publicani,Cic. Att. 6, 1, 16:
qui efficiant, ne quid inter privatum et magistratum differat,id. Rep. 1, 43, 67; id. Fin. 4, 4, 10; Liv. 8, 7, 6:
efficiam, posthac ne quemquam voce lacessas,Verg. E. 3, 51; Dig. 3, 3, 78; cf.:
aliquem or aliquid, ne, etc.,ib. 19, 2, 35; Quint. 3, 6, 102; 8, 3, 20.—
(d) With quominus (very seldom), Lucr. 1, 977; Quint. 11, 1, 48; Dig. 49, 14, 29; so with quo magis:
saevitia collegae quo is magis ingenio suo gauderet effecit,Liv. 2, 60, 1.—(e) With obj. acc. and inf. (very rare, and not ante-Aug.):
vehementer efficit ea coire, etc.,Vitr. 2, 6; Dig. 38, 2, 14, § 8; 47, 11, 10.—(z) Absol. (freq. and class.):
si effecero, Dabin' mihi argentum?Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 121; cf. id. ib. 4, 1, 39 sq.; 4, 8, 5; id. Pers. 1, 3, 87; Caes. B. G. 7, 26, 2 et saep.:
se a scientiae delectatione ad efficiendi utilitatem referre,Cic. Rep. 5, 3.
II In partic.
A In econom. lang., to produce, bear, yield:
(ager Leontinus) plurimum efficit,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 63 fin.; cf.:
ager efficit cum octavo, cum decumo,id. ib. 2, 3, 47:
si (vineae) centenos sestertios in singula jugera efficiant,Col. 3, 3, 3:
cum matres binae ternos haedos efficiunt,id. 7, 6, 7.—Transf. to persons:
liciti sunt usque eo, quoad se efficere posse arbitrabantur,i. e. to make a profit, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 33 fin.—
B Of numbers, to make out, yield, amount to a certain sum:
ea (tributa) vix, in fenus Pompeii quod satis sit, efficiunt,Cic. Att. 6, 1, 3 (cf. shortly before:
nec id satis efficit [al. efficitur] in usuram menstruam),Plin. 6, 33, 38, § 206; cf. ib. § 209; Col. 5, 2, 6; 8 sq.—
C In philos. lang., to make out, show, prove (with acc. and inf., ut, ne, or absol.):
quod proposuit efficit, Cic. Par. prooem. § 2: in quibus (libris) vult efficere animos esse mortales,id. Tusc. 1, 31 fin.—In the pass. impers.: efficitur, it follows (from something):
ita efficitur, ut omne corpus mortale sit,id. N. D. 3, 12, 30:
ex quo efficitur, hominem naturae obedientem homini nocere non posse,id. Tusc. 3, 5, 25; cf.:
ex quo illud efficitur, ne justos quidem esse natura,id. Rep. 3, 11:
quid igitur efficitur?what follows from that? id. ib. 3, 12.—Hence,
1 effĭcĭens, entis, P. a.
A Adj., effecting, effective, efficient.—In philos. lang.:
proximus est locus rerum efficientium, quae causae appellantur: deinde rerum effectarum ab efficientibus causis,Cic. Top. 14 fin.; cf. id. Ac. 1, 6, 24; id. Fin. 3, 16, 55; id. Div. 1, 55, 125; id. Fat. 14, 33; Quint. 5, 10, 86. —
B Subst., with gen.: virtus efficiens utilitatis, the producer = effectrix, Cic. Off. 3, 3, 12; so,
voluptatis (virtus),id. ib. 3, 33; cf.:
ea, quae sunt luxuriosis efficientia voluptatum,id. Fin. 2, 7, 21; and:
(causae) efficientes pulcherrimarum rerum,id. Univ. 14 fin.—* Adv.: effĭcĭenter, efficiently (for which in the post-Aug. per., efficaciter):
ut id ei causa sit, quod cuique efficienter antecedat,Cic. Fat. 15, 34.—
2 effectus, a, um, P. a., worked out, i. e.
A Effected, completed:
una (materia) diligenter effecta plus proderit quam plures inchoatae et quasi degustatae,Quint. 10, 5, 23; cf. id. 5, 13, 34; 8, 3, 88.—In the comp.:
aliquid nitidius atque effectius,Quint. 12, 10, 45.—
B Effected, in philos. lang. (opp. causa efficiens), Cic. Top. 18; cf.
res,id. ib. 4; 14 fin.; and subst.: effectum, i, n., an effect, id. ib. 3; Quint. 6, 3, 66; 5, 10, 94. —Adv.: effecte.
a Effectively, in fact, Mart. 2, 27, 3; Amm. 16, 5, 7.—
b Effectually, efficaciously:
effectius,App. Flor. 16, p. 357.—Sup. does not occur.