effigies

English

Noun

effigies

1. plural of effigy

French

Noun

effigies f

1. plural of effigie

Latin

Alternative forms

• effigia

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

effigiēs f (genitive effigiēī); fifth declension

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

Declension

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

• effigiō (Late Latin)

Descendants

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

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 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