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
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..."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..."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..."