efficacia

Interlingua

Noun

efficacia (uncountable)

1. efficacy

Italian

Etymology

From Latin efficācia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ef.fiˈka.t͡ʃa/
• Rhymes: -atʃa
• Hyphenation: ef‧fi‧cà‧cia

Noun

efficacia f (plural efficacie)

1. effectiveness
2. efficacy

Related terms

• efficace

Latin

Etymology

efficāx +‎ -ia

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ef.fiˈkaː.ki.a/, [ɛfːɪˈkäːkiä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ef.fiˈka.t͡ʃi.a/, [efːiˈkäːt͡ʃiä]

Noun

efficācia f (genitive efficāciae); first declension

1. efficacy, effectiveness, efficiency
2. virtue
3. power

   Synonyms: ops, fortitūdō, valētūdō, capācitās

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	efficācia	efficāciae
Genitive	efficāciae	efficāciārum
Dative	efficāciae	efficāciīs
Accusative	efficāciam	efficāciās
Ablative	efficāciā	efficāciīs
Vocative	efficācia	efficāciae

Descendants

• Catalan: eficàcia
• Italian: efficacia
• Portuguese: eficácia
• Spanish: eficacia

Adjective

efficācia

1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of efficāx

References

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