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|lshtext=<b>effĭgĭes</b>: ēi ([[ante]]-[[class]]. form<br /><b>I</b> nom.: effĭgĭa, Plaut. Rud. 2, 4, 7; Afran. ap. Non. 493, 2; Inscr. Orell. 7416 λ.—Nom. plur.: effigiae, Lucr. 4, 105.—Acc. plur.: effigias, id. 4, 42 and 85), f. [[effingo]], I., an ([[artistic]]) [[copy]], [[imitation]] of an [[object]] (in concreto— for syn. cf.: [[imago]], [[pictura]], [[simulacrum]], [[signum]], [[statua]], [[tabula]]).<br /><b>I</b> (Class.) With the [[accessory]] [[idea]] of [[resemblance]] obtained by [[imitation]], a [[likeness]], [[portrait]], [[image]], [[effigy]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Lit.: formarum, Lucr. 4, 105; cf. id. ib. 42 and 85: Veneris, * Plaut. Rud. 2, 4, 7; cf.: [[deus]] [[effigies]] hominis et [[imago]], Cic. N. D. 1, 37, 103: quandam effigiem spirantis mortui, id. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 1; cf. also: [[simulacrum]] deae (Veneris) non effigie humana, Tac. H. 2, 3 fin.; and: [[quam]] [[satus]] Iapeto ... Finxit in effigiem moderantum cuncta deorum, Ov. M. 1, 83: vix convenire videretur, quem ipsum hominem cuperent evertere, ejus effigiem simulacrumque servare, his [[mere]] [[effigy]], Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 65 fin.: effigiem Xanthi Trojamque videtis, Verg. A. 3, 497; of shades, ghosts: effigiem nullo cum corpore falsi finxit apri, Ov. M. 14, 358; Sil. 13, 778; cf.: [[effigies]], [[immo]] umbrae hominum, Liv. 21, 40, 9; of the [[shade]] of a [[deceased]] [[person]] in a [[dream]], Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 4; or in the [[lower]] [[world]], Sil. 13, 779. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Adv.: in or ad effigiem or effigie, [[after]] the [[likeness]] of, in the form of, [[like]], Sil. 5, 5; Plin. 5, 10, 11, § 62; 21, 5, 11, § 23.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Trop. (a favorite [[expression]] of Cic.): perfectae eloquentiae speciem [[animo]] videmus, effigiem auribus quaerimus, its [[imitation]], Cic. Or. 3 (v. the [[passage]] in [[connection]]); cf.: consiliorum ac virtutum effigiem relinquere, id. Arch. 12, 30: Sex. [[Peducaeus]] reliquit effigiem et humanitatis et probitatis suae filium, the [[image]], id. Fin. 2, 18, 58; cf. id. Tusc. 3, 2; id. de Or. 1, 43, 193; Liv. 26, 41; 1, 56: ad effigiem justi imperii [[scriptus]], the [[ideal]], id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 8: ut res ipsas rerum [[effigies]] notaret, id. de Or. 2, 86 fin.; cf. [[effingo]], I. B.: [[ostensus]] est in [[alia]] effigie, appeared in [[another]] form, Vulg. Marc. 16, 12.—<br /><b>II</b> Poet. and in [[post]]-Aug. [[prose]], in gen., the [[plastic]] ([[less]] freq. the pictorial) [[representation]] of an [[object]], an [[image]], [[statue]], [[portrait]]: saxea ut [[effigies]] bacchantis, * Cat. 64, 61; Verg. A. 2, 167; 184; 3, 148; 7, 177; Hor. S. 1, 8, 30; Ov. H. 20, 239; Tac. A. 1, 74; 6, 2; id. H. 5, 9 al.; Quint. 6, 1, 32; cf. id. 12, 10, 5; Ov. Tr. 1, 7, 7; Vulg. Sap. 15, 4.

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|georg=effigiēs (ecfigiēs), ēī, f. ([[effingo]], ecfingo), die Nachbildung, I) eig.: 1) das dem [[Original]] nachgebildete [[Bildnis]], das [[Abbild]], [[Ebenbild]], a) übh.: eff. Xanthi, Verg.: quaedam [[effigies]] spirantis mortui, Cic.: ipsae rerum [[effigies]], Cic.: fingit in effigiem moderantum cuncta deorum, Ov.: finxere antiqui talem effigiem Temporis, Phaedr.: in liquore vidit effigiem suam ([[cervus]]), Phaedr. – b) [[als]] plastisches [[Kunstwerk]], [[Bild]], [[Bildwerk]], [[Bildnis]], α) übh.: eff. saxea, Catull.: [[avium]] argenteae [[effigies]], Curt.: eff. deorum [[aut]] [[heroum]], Quint.: eff. [[Iovis]] ac Iunonis Minervaeque, Suet.: icta fulmine [[effigies]] Neronis ad informe [[aes]] liquefacta, Tac.: hanc [[pro]] Palladio effigiem statuere, Verg.: colunt [[effigies]] multorum animalium, Curt. – β) insbes., eine [[Puppe]], lanea, [[cerea]] ([[πλαγγών]]), Hor. [[sat]]. 1, 8, 30: terque [[haec]] [[altaria]] [[circum]] effigiem ducit, Verg. ecl. 8, 75. – 2) die dem [[Original]] entsprechende [[Gestalt]], a) übh.: Herculis eff., Ov.: [[simulacrum]] deae [[non]] effigie humanā, Tac.: statuae triumphali effigie, Suet.: in delphini effigiem transfiguratus est, Hyg.: effigiem [[nullo]] cum corpore falsi finxit apri, eine körperlose Truggestalt eines Ebers, Ov. [[met]]. 14, 358. – dah. in effigiem [[maris]], in G. [[des]] M., [[wie]] das M., Sil. 5, 5: u. so ad effigiem Macedonicae chlamydis, Plin. 5, 62: u. effigie calathi, Plin. 21, 23. – b) [[als]] körperloses [[Gebilde]], die Scheingestalt, der Schemen, [[effigies]], [[immo]] umbrae hominum, Liv. 21, 40, 9 (vgl. [[vorher]] Ov. [[met]]. 14, 358). – dah. die [[Gestalt]] eines Verstorbenen [[als]] [[Erscheinung]] im Traume, Suet. Aug. 100, 4. Plin. ep. 3, 5, 4; 7, 27, 8: u. [[als]] [[Schatten]] in der [[Unterwelt]], Sil. 13, 779. – II) übtr., abstr., a) das [[Abbild]] [[als]] bildliche [[Darstellung]], [[Andeutung]], per [[ambages]] [[effigies]] ingenii [[sui]], Liv. 1, 56, 9. – b) das [[Abbild]] [[als]] Nachbildung, [[Verwirklichung]] eines Urbildes (Ideals), perfectae eloquentiae speciem ([[Urbild]], [[Ideal]]) [[animo]] videmus, effigiem auribus quaerimus, Cic. or. 9. – c) das [[Abbild]] [[als]] [[Ebenbild]], α) übh.: antiquitatis, Cic.: et humanitatis et probitatis ([[von]] einem Sohne), Cic.: virtutum nostrarum, Cic.: ingenii fidei virtutisque ad [[exemplum]] expressa [[effigies]], Liv. – β) das dem Geiste vorschwebende [[Vorbild]], [[Ideal]], eff. iusti imperii, Cic. ad Q. fr. 1, 1, 8. § 23.

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