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ef-fētus (not effoetus), a, um, adj.,
I.that has brought forth young, that has laid eggs (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
I. Lit. (mostly in Col.): “cum effetae loca genitalia tumebunt,Col. 7, 7, 4; 7, 12, 11; 9, 1, 7.—Poet.: “simul effetas linquunt examina ceras,Luc. 9, 285.—
II. Meton. (causa pro effectu).
A. Exhausted, worn out by bearing: “aliquae (gallinae) in tantum, ut effetae moriantur,Plin. 10, 53, 74, § 146; cf. Sall. C. 53, 5.—
B. Transf., in gen., exhausted, worn out: tellus, * Lucr. 2, 1150; cf.: “effetum et defatigatum solum, Col. praef. § 1: natura (with lassa),Plin. Ep. 6, 21, 1: “tauri senio effeti,Col. 6, 24, 1: corpus, * Cic. de Sen. 9, 29; cf. “vires (corporis),Verg. A. 5, 396: “spes,” i. e. vain, delusive, Val. Fl. 4, 380.—Poet.: “verique effeta senectus,incapacitated for truth, Verg. A. 7, 440 (cf.: “Vana veri,id. ib. 10, 630).— Comp.: “oratio effetior,App. Flor. p. 366.— Sup. and adv. do not occur.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (11):
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 5.396
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 7.440
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 2.1150
    • Lucan, Civil War, 9.285
    • Pliny the Younger, Epistulae, 6.21.1
    • C. Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica, 4.380
    • Sallust, Catilinae Coniuratio, 53
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 6.24.1
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 7.12.11
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 7.7.4
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 9.1.7
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