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Latin
Etymology
From efficiō (“I make out, work out”) + -āx (“inclined to”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
efficāx (genitive efficācis, adverb efficāciter); third-declension one-termination adjective
- efficacious, effectual, powerful, efficient
Declension
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
Derived terms
Descendants
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’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.