I.to make wild, savage, fierce (class.; most freq. since the Aug. per.).
I. Physically: “terram immanitate beluarum efferari,” Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 99: “speciem oris,” Liv. 2, 23; cf. “vultum,” Suet. Calig. 50: “efferantia sese ulcera,” becoming aggravated, malignant, Plin. 26, 14, 87, § 146.—Poet.: “Mars efferat aurum,” i. e. works up into weapons, Stat. Achill. 1, 425; cf.: “homo qui magnae artis subtilitate tantum efferavit argentum,” i. e. wrought into the figures of beasts, App. M. 5, p. 159, 14.—
II. Mentally: “gentes sic immanitate efferatae,” Cic. N. D. 1, 23; cf. id. Tusc. 4, 14, 32: “militem dux ipse efferavit,” Liv. 23, 5; cf. id. 2, 29: “animos,” id. 1, 19; 25, 26: “ingenia,” Curt. 8, 2; 9, 19: “efferavit ea caedes Thebanos omnes ad exsecrabile odium Romanorum,” exasperated, Liv. 33, 29; cf. Vulg. Dan. 8, 7.—Hence, effĕrātus , a, um, P. a., wild, savage, fierce: “sunt enim multa ecferata et immania, quaedam autem humanitatis quoque habent primam speciem,” Cic. Tusc. 4, 14, 32: “vultus,” Petr. 82, 1: “animi,” Vulg. 2 Macc. 5, 11.—Comp.: “mores ritusque,” Liv. 34, 24.—Sup.: “effectus,” Sen. Ep. 121, 4: “canes in homines,” Jul. Val. Rer. Gest. Alex. M. 3, 18.—Adv.: effĕrāte , fiercely: “saevire,” Lact. 5, 20, 10.
