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Sophocles, Fragment 698

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

effĭgĭes: ēi (ante-class. form
I 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).
I (Class.) With the accessory idea of resemblance obtained by imitation, a likeness, portrait, image, effigy.
   A 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. —
   2    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.—
   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.—
II 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.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

effĭgĭēs,⁹ ēī, f. (effingo),
1 représentation, image, portrait, copie [de qqch., qqn] : Cic. Q. 1, 3, 1 ; Verr. 2, 2, 159 ; Virg. En. 3, 497 || [fig.] : Cic. Or. 9 ; de Or. 1, 193 ; Arch. 30 ; Fin. 2, 58 || ombre, spectre, fantôme : Ov. M. 14, 358 ; Liv. 21, 40, 9
2 [poét.] représentation plastique, image, statue, portrait : Catul. 64, 61 ; Virg. En. 2, 167 ; Hor. S. 1, 8, 30 ; Tac. Ann. 1, 74 ; Quint. 12, 10, 5.

Latin > German (Georges)

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.

Latin > English

effigies effigiei N F :: copy, image, likeness, portrait; effigy, statue; ghost