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

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs

Proto-Italic *eks

Latin ex

Latin ex-

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 *-eh₂ks

Proto-Italic *-āks

Latin -āx

Latin efficāx

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -ius

Latin -ia

Latin efficācia

From efficāx + -ia.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɛf.fɪˈkaː.ki.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ef.fiˈkaː.t͡ʃi.a]

Noun

efficācia f (genitive efficāciae); first declension

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

   Synonyms: ops, fortitūdō, valētūdō, capācitās

Declension

First-declension noun.

	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, 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.