efficax
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom efficiō (“I make out, work out”) + -āx (“inclined to”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈef.fi.kaːks/, [ˈɛfːɪkäːks̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈef.fi.kaks/, [ˈɛfːikäks]
Adjective
editefficāx (genitive efficācis, adverb efficāciter); third-declension one-termination adjective
Declension
editThird-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 | efficācēs | efficācia | |
| ablative | efficācī | efficācibus | |||
| vocative | efficāx | efficācēs | efficācia | ||
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- →⇒ English: efficacious
- → French: efficace
- → Italian: efficace
- → Portuguese: eficaz
- → Romanian: eficace
- → Spanish: eficaz
References
edit- “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’s 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.