efficax, efficacis (gen.), efficacior -or -us, efficacissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 3rd declension · variant: 1st
- Frequency:
- Lesser
effective, capable of filling some function; (person/medicine); legally valid;
Inflections
positive
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | — | efficacia |
| Acc. | efficax | efficacia |
| Voc. | — | efficacia |
comparative
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | efficacius | efficaciora |
| Gen. | efficacioris | — |
| Acc. | efficacius | efficaciora |
| Voc. | efficacius | efficaciora |
superlative
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | efficacissimus | efficacissimi |
| Gen. | efficacissimi | efficacissimorum |
| Dat. | efficacissimo | — |
| Acc. | efficacissimum | efficacissimos |
| Voc. | efficacissime | efficacissimi |
| Abl. | efficacissimo | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | efficacissima | efficacissimae |
| Gen. | efficacissimae | efficacissimarum |
| Dat. | efficacissimae | — |
| Acc. | efficacissimam | efficacissimas |
| Voc. | efficacissima | efficacissimae |
| Abl. | efficacissima | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | efficacissimum | efficacissima |
| Gen. | efficacissimi | efficacissimorum |
| Dat. | efficacissimo | — |
| Acc. | efficacissimum | efficacissima |
| Voc. | efficacissimum | efficacissima |
| Abl. | efficacissimo | — |
Examples
- L
Libri XI-XIII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...probetur virtus ad explendam beatam vitam sola satis efficax. Iubes me quidquid est interrogationum aut nostrarum..." - L
Liber I
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...quia longum iter est per praecepta, breve et efficax per exempla. Zenonem Cleanthes non expressisset, si tantummodo audisset..." - L
Liber II
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE BENEFICIIS
"...plures esse, qui idem rogaturi concurrerent. Ista fortasse efficax ratio fuerit ad hominum inprobas cupiditates pudore reprimendas, beneficium..." - L
de Providentia
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...educit. 12. Inde crediderim fuisse parum certum et efficax uulnus: non fuit dis inmortalibus satis spectare Catonem semel..." - G
Gaius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...conciliandaeque hominum gratiae ac promerendi amoris mirum et efficax studium. Formae minus congruebat gracilitas crurum, sed ea quoque..." - T
Liber XXV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...reliqua erat in obsidione spes nec ea satis efficax, quia arcem tenentes, quae in paene insula posita imminet..."