inefficax, inefficacis (gen.), inefficacior -or -us, inefficacissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 3rd declension · variant: 1st
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
useless, ineffectual, unavailing, achieving nothing;
Inflections
positive
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | — | inefficacia |
| Acc. | inefficax | inefficacia |
| Voc. | — | inefficacia |
comparative
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | inefficacius | inefficaciora |
| Gen. | inefficacioris | — |
| Acc. | inefficacius | inefficaciora |
| Voc. | inefficacius | inefficaciora |
superlative
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | inefficacissimus | inefficacissimi |
| Gen. | inefficacissimi | inefficacissimorum |
| Dat. | inefficacissimo | — |
| Acc. | inefficacissimum | inefficacissimos |
| Voc. | inefficacissime | inefficacissimi |
| Abl. | inefficacissimo | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | inefficacissima | inefficacissimae |
| Gen. | inefficacissimae | inefficacissimarum |
| Dat. | inefficacissimae | — |
| Acc. | inefficacissimam | inefficacissimas |
| Voc. | inefficacissima | inefficacissimae |
| Abl. | inefficacissima | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | inefficacissimum | inefficacissima |
| Gen. | inefficacissimi | inefficacissimorum |
| Dat. | inefficacissimo | — |
| Acc. | inefficacissimum | inefficacissima |
| Voc. | inefficacissimum | inefficacissima |
| Abl. | inefficacissimo | — |
Examples
- L
Libri XIV-XV
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...philosophia quidem; nec ideo inutilis et formandis animis inefficax est. Quid autem? philosophia non vitae..." - L
Liber I
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE IRA
"...quidem, sed non explanabilis et perturbata et uerborum inefficax, ut lingua, sed deuincta nec in motus uarios soluta..." - M
VI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...remedium accipere, non vicarium potest. adsedisset scilicet lectulo inefficax sedulitas et acceptis epistolis meis iuvenis filius nihil aliud..."