effigies

English

Noun

effigies

  1. plural of effigy

French

Noun

effigies f

  1. plural of effigie

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From effingō (“represent, portray”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /efˈfi.ɡi.eːs/, [ɛfˈfɪ.ɡi.eːs]

Noun

effigiēs f (genitive effigiēī); fifth declension

  1. copy, imitation
  2. likeness, portrait, image, effigy, statue

Inflection

Fifth declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative effigiēs effigiēs
Genitive effigiēī effigiērum
Dative effigiēī effigiēbus
Accusative effigiem effigiēs
Ablative effigiē effigiēbus
Vocative effigiēs effigiēs

Descendants

References
  • effigies in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • effigies in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • effigies in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • effigies in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • effigies in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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