inefficax

Latin

Etymology

From in- +‎ efficāx.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /iˈnef.fi.kaːks/, [ɪˈnɛfːɪkäːks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /iˈnef.fi.kaks/, [iˈnɛfːikäks]

Adjective

inefficāx (genitive inefficācis); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. ineffectual, inefficient

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	inefficāx			inefficācēs	inefficācia
genitive	inefficācis			inefficācium
dative	inefficācī			inefficācibus
accusative	inefficācem	inefficāx		inefficācēs	inefficācia
ablative	inefficācī			inefficācibus
vocative	inefficāx			inefficācēs	inefficācia

Descendants

• Catalan: ineficaç
• French: inefficace
• Galician: ineficaz
• Italian: inefficace
• Portuguese: ineficaz
• Romanian: ineficace
• Spanish: ineficaz

References

• “inefficax”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• inefficax 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)
• inefficax in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.