efficax

Latin > English

efficax efficacis (gen.), efficacior -or -us, efficacissimus -a -um ADJ :: effective, capable of filling some function; (person/medicine); legally valid

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

effĭcax: ācis, adj. efficio,
I efficacious, effectual, powerful, efficient (mostly postAug.; not in Cic. and Caes; but cf. efficacitas): nosti Marcellum, quam tardus et parum efficax sit, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 10, 3; cf.: ultor contemptae religionis, Val. Max. 1, 1, 19: Hercules, Hor. Epod. 3, 17: scientia (magica), id. ib. 17, 1: preces, Liv. 9, 20: studium promerendi amoris, Suet. Calig. 3 init.: breve et efficax iter est per exempla, Sen. Ep. 6, 5: admonitiones, id. ib. 8, 2 al.: herba in dolore stomachi, Plin. 27, 13, 109, § 136: preces ad muliebre ingenium, Liv. 1, 9 fin.; so with ad, Sen. Ben. 2, 7 fin.; cf. in the comp., Quint. 6, 1, 41; Plin. Pan. 84: elatine oculorum fluxionibus efficax, Plin. 27, 9, 50, § 74; so with dat., id. 28, 14, 58, § 204; in the sup.: continuatio in peragendis rebus, Liv. 41, 15: frutex efficacissimus contra sagittarum ictus, Plin. 13, 21, 36, § 115; cf.: herba adversus serpentium venena, id. 24, 15, 80, § 130: ad excitandam virtutem, etc., Vell. 1, 8, 1. —Poet., with inf.: (cadus) amara Curarum eluere efficax, Hor. C. 4, 12, 20; Val. Max. 2, 7, 10: cum sit efficacissimum de integro locum exarare, Col. 2, 17, 3: efficacissimum est hic quoque salem superponere, Cels. 4, 4, 16; 4, 22, 11.—Hence, adv.: effĭcācĭter, effectually, powerfully, Quint. 5, 13, 25; Sen. Brev. Vit. 6 et saep.—Comp., Quint. 8, 4, 8; Tac. G. 8; Plin. Ep. 6, 6, 8; Plin. 24, 6, 14, § 23.— Sup., Plin. 26, 12, 79, § 128; 24, 6, 14, § 23; id. Ep. 2, 13 fin.>

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

effĭcāx,¹¹ cis (efficio), agissant, qui réalise : Cæl. d. Cic. Fam. 8, 10, 3 ; Hor. Epo. 3, 17 || efficace, qui produit de l’effet, qui réussit : Liv. 9, 20, 2 ; efficacissimus contra, adversus Plin. 13, 115 ; 24, 130, souverain contre || [avec l’inf.] : eluere efficax Hor. O. 4, 12, 20, bon pour faire disparaître || -cior Quint. 6, 1, 41.

Latin > German (Georges)

efficāx, ācis, Adi. m. Compar. u. Superl. (efficio), wirksam, a) v. Lebl. = Erfolg habend, erfolgreich, nachhaltig wirkend, drastisch, nachdrücklich, scientia (v. der Zauberei), Hor.: minus efficaces preces, Tac. dial.: haud quaquam tam efficaces preces, Liv.: efficacior etiamnum est curatio, Cels.: quo efficaciores essent preces, Curt.: efficacissimum pro candidato genus rogandi, Plin. pan. – m. ad u. Akk., potiones ad id efficaces, Cels.: quae maxime efficaces ad muliebre ingenium preces sunt, Liv.: imperator efficax ad invidiam faciendam, Treb. Poll.: efficacius ad recte vivendum, Plin. pan.: purpura efficacissima ad tingendum, Mela: res ad multitudinem imperitam efficacissima, Liv.: ludicrum certamen ad excitandam corporis animique virtutem efficacissimum, Vell. – m. adversus od. contra u. Akk., herba efficax adversus serpentium venena, Plin.: frutex efficacissimus contra sagittarum ictus, Plin. – m. Genet., venenum soporis efficax, Apul. – m. Dat., herba efficax oculorum fluctionibus (fluxionibus), Plin. -minimum efficax columbae sanguis et sibi ipsi et nobis, Cels. – m. in u. Akk., in utrumque efficacissimus (quartus dies), Cels. – m. in u. Abl., haec in veteribus (malis) admodum efficacia esse consuerunt, Cels.: in omni usu efficacius eius (mulieris lac), quae marem enixa sit, multoque efficacissimum eius, quae geminos mares, Plin.: in quibus (rebus) peragendis continuatio ipsa efficacissima esset, Liv. – m. folg. Infin., nardi parvus onyx... amara curarum eluere efficax, Hor. carm. 4, 12, 20. – efficacissimum est m. Infin., efficacissimum est hic quoque salem superponere, Cels. 4, 4; u. so Cels. 4, 22. Col. 2, 17, 3. – b) v. Pers.: Hercules, der tatenreiche, Hor. epod. 3, 17: nosti Marcellum, quam tardus et parum efficax (unpraktisch) sit, Cael. in Cic. ep. 8, 10, 3.