efficacitas

Latin

Etymology

From efficāx (“efficient, efficacious, powerful”) +‎ -tās, from efficiō (“effect, cause, bring about”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ef.fiˈkaː.ki.taːs/, [ɛfːɪˈkäːkɪt̪äːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ef.fiˈka.t͡ʃi.tas/, [efːiˈkäːt͡ʃit̪äs]

Noun

efficācitās f (genitive efficācitātis); third declension

1. efficiency, efficacy, power

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	efficācitās	efficācitātēs
genitive	efficācitātis	efficācitātum
dative	efficācitātī	efficācitātibus
accusative	efficācitātem	efficācitātēs
ablative	efficācitāte	efficācitātibus
vocative	efficācitās	efficācitātēs

Related terms

• efficācia
• efficāciter
• efficāx
• efficientia
• efficiō

Descendants

• French: efficacité
• Spanish: eficacidad

References

• “efficacitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “efficacitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• efficacitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.