effrico

Latin

Alternative forms

• exfricō

Etymology

Formed by the prefixation of ex- +‎ fricō, the x being assimilated to the following f.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈef.fri.koː/, [ˈɛfːrɪkoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈef.fri.ko/, [ˈɛfːriko]

Verb

effricō (present infinitive effricāre, perfect active effrixī, supine effricātum); first conjugation (rare, post-Augustan, transitive)

1. (literally) to rub off or out
2. (figuratively) to scrub clean of accumulated débris
   • circa AD 65, Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Epistulae morales ad Lucilium, letter xcv, § 36:

     Illis autem hebetibus et optusis aut mala consuetudine obsessis diu robigo animorum effricanda est.

Conjugation

Conjugation of effricō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	effricō	effricās	effricat	effricāmus	effricātis	effricant
	imperfect	effricābam	effricābās	effricābat	effricābāmus	effricābātis	effricābant
	future	effricābō	effricābis	effricābit	effricābimus	effricābitis	effricābunt
	perfect	effrixī	effrixistī	effrixit	effriximus	effrixistis	effrixērunt, effrixēre
	pluperfect	effrixeram	effrixerās	effrixerat	effrixerāmus	effrixerātis	effrixerant
	future perfect	effrixerō	effrixeris	effrixerit	effrixerimus	effrixeritis	effrixerint
passive	present	effricor	effricāris, effricāre	effricātur	effricāmur	effricāminī	effricantur
	imperfect	effricābar	effricābāris, effricābāre	effricābātur	effricābāmur	effricābāminī	effricābantur
	future	effricābor	effricāberis, effricābere	effricābitur	effricābimur	effricābiminī	effricābuntur
	perfect	effricātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	effricātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	effricātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	effricem	effricēs	effricet	effricēmus	effricētis	effricent
	imperfect	effricārem	effricārēs	effricāret	effricārēmus	effricārētis	effricārent
	perfect	effrixerim	effrixerīs	effrixerit	effrixerīmus	effrixerītis	effrixerint
	pluperfect	effrixissem	effrixissēs	effrixisset	effrixissēmus	effrixissētis	effrixissent
passive	present	effricer	effricēris, effricēre	effricētur	effricēmur	effricēminī	effricentur
	imperfect	effricārer	effricārēris, effricārēre	effricārētur	effricārēmur	effricārēminī	effricārentur
	perfect	effricātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	effricātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	effricā	—	—	effricāte	—
	future	—	effricātō	effricātō	—	effricātōte	effricantō
passive	present	—	effricāre	—	—	effricāminī	—
	future	—	effricātor	effricātor	—	—	effricantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		effricāre	effrixisse	effricātūrum esse	effricārī	effricātum esse	effricātum īrī
participles		effricāns	—	effricātūrus	—	effricātus	effricandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		effricandī	effricandō	effricandum	effricandō	effricātum	effricātū

Descendants

• Galician: esfregar
• Portuguese: esfregar

References

• “effrĭco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• effrĭco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 575/3.
• “effricō” on page 592/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)