effigies

English edit

Noun edit

effigies

plural of effigy

French edit

Noun edit

effigies f

plural of effigie

Latin edit

Alternative forms edit

effigia

Etymology edit

effingō (“represent, portray”) +‎ -iēs.

Pronunciation edit

(Classical) IPA^(key): /efˈfi.ɡi.eːs/, [ɛfˈfɪɡieːs̠]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /efˈfi.d͡ʒi.es/, [efˈfiːd͡ʒies]

Noun edit

effigiēs f (genitive effigiēī); fifth declension

copy, imitation
likeness, portrait, image, effigy, statue

Declension edit

Fifth-declension noun.

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

Derived terms edit

effigiō (Late Latin)

Descendants edit

Catalan: efígie
English: effigy
French: effigie
Italian: effigie
Portuguese: efígie
Spanish: efigie

References edit

“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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 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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