effectus

1.

effectus, a, um, Part. and P. a., from efficio.

2.

effectus, ūs, m. [efficio], a doing, effecting.

I.

In gen., execution, accomplishment, performance: ad effectum consiliorum pervenire, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 8, 4:

operis,

Liv. 21, 7:

ad effectum aliquid adducere,

id. 33, 33, 8; cf.

spei,

id. 21, 57; Prop. 3, 9, 27 (4, 8, 27 M.):

ut peccatum est, patriam prodere, etc., quae sunt in effectu: sic timere, etc., peccatum est, etiam sine effectu,

Cic. Fin. 3, 9, 32:

effectum consilii morata tempestas est,

Curt. 8, 13, 22; cf.:

cum opera (sc. oppugnationis) in effectu erant, i. e. near completion,

Liv. 31, 46, 14:

haec verba, QVOD STATVERIT, cum effectu accipimus, non verbotenus,

in effect, in fact, Dig. 2, 2, 1:

cum effectu,

Paul. ib. 40, 7, 1.—

II.

In partic., with reference to the result of an action, an operation, effect, tendency, purpose:

quarum (herbarum) vim et effectum videres,

Cic. Div. 2, 20, 47:

Q, cujus similis effectu specieque Koppa,

Quint. 1, 4, 9; cf. Plin. 27, 13, 119, § 144: effectus eloquentiae est audientium approbatio, Cic. Tusc. 2, 1, 3; cf. Quint. 2, 17, 25; 2, 18, 2:

ne sine ullo effectu aestas extraheretur,

Liv. 32, 9 fin.; cf. id. 34, 26; 40, 22 fin.:

cum plura argumenta ad unum effectum deducuntur,

Quint. 9, 2, 103; 1, 4, 9:

ut res haberet effectum,

Vulg. Judic. 18, 5.—In the plur., Quint. 1, 10, 6.