inefficax
Latin
Etymology
From in- + efficāx.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /iˈnef.fi.kaːks/, [ɪˈnɛfːɪkäːks̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /iˈnef.fi.kaks/, [iˈnɛfːikäks]
Adjective
inefficāx (genitive inefficācis); third-declension one-termination adjective
- ineffectual, inefficient
Declension
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | inefficāx | inefficācēs | inefficācia | ||
| Genitive | inefficācis | inefficācium | |||
| Dative | inefficācī | inefficācibus | |||
| Accusative | inefficācem | inefficāx | inefficācēs | inefficācia | |
| Ablative | inefficācī | inefficācibus | |||
| Vocative | inefficāx | inefficācēs | inefficācia | ||
Descendants
- Catalan: ineficaç
- French: inefficace
- Galician: ineficaz
- Italian: inefficace
- Portuguese: ineficaz
- Spanish: ineficaz
References
- “inefficax”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- inefficax 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)
- inefficax in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette