inefficax

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *n̥--

Latin in-

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs

Proto-Italic *eks

Latin ex

Latin ef-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti

Proto-Italic *θakjō

Proto-Italic *fakjō

Latin faciō

Latin efficiō

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂-k-s

Proto-Italic *-āks

Latin -āx

Latin efficāx

Latin inefficāx

From in- + efficāx.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɪˈnɛf.fɪ.kaːks]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [iˈnɛf.fi.kaks]

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		inefficācīs inefficācēs	inefficācia
ablative	inefficācī inefficāce			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, 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.