Latin edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

efficācitās f (genitive efficācitātis); third declension

  1. efficiency, efficacy, power

Declension edit

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative efficācitās efficācitātēs
Genitive efficācitātis efficācitātum
Dative efficācitātī efficācitātibus
Accusative efficācitātem efficācitātēs
Ablative efficācitāte efficācitātibus
Vocative efficācitās efficācitātēs

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • French: efficacité
  • Spanish: eficacidad

References edit

  • 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.