efficax
Latin
Etymology
Etymology tree
From efficiō (“to make out, work out”) + -āx (“inclined to”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɛf.fɪ.kaːks]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɛf.fi.kaks]
Adjective
efficāx (genitive efficācis, adverb efficāciter); third-declension one-termination adjective
Declension
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masc./fem. | neuter | masc./fem. | neuter | ||
| nominative | efficāx | efficācēs | efficācia | ||
| genitive | efficācis | efficācium | |||
| dative | efficācī | efficācibus | |||
| accusative | efficācem | efficāx | efficācīs efficācēs |
efficācia | |
| ablative | efficācī efficāce |
efficācibus | |||
| vocative | efficāx | efficācēs | efficācia | ||
Derived terms
Descendants
- →⇒ English: efficacious
- → French: efficace
- → Italian: efficace
- → Portuguese: eficaz
- → Romanian: eficace
- → Spanish: eficaz
References
- “efficax”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “efficax”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- "efficax", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- “efficax”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.