inefficax
ἀπομυξάμενος, ὦ Δῆμέ, μου πρὸς τὴν κεφαλὴν ἀποψῶ → blow your nose, Demos, and wipe your hand on my head
Latin > English
inefficax inefficacis (gen.), inefficacior -or -us, inefficacissimus -a -um ADJ :: invalid (legal), inoperative; not potent/efficacious (remedies), ineffective
inefficax inefficax inefficacis (gen.), inefficacior -or -us, inefficacissimus -a -um ADJ :: useless, ineffectual, unavailing, achieving nothing
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ĭn-effĭcax: ācis, adj.,
I ineffectual, inefficient (post-Aug.).
(a) With gen.: vox inefficax verborum, unproductive of, unable to produce, Sen. Ira, 1, 3.—
(b) Absol.: ratio, Sen. Ira, 1, 10: dii, id. Ben. 4, 4.— Comp., Plin. 34, 11, 25, § 109: parentes inefficacissimi, i. e. very weak, Inscr. ap. Grut. 415, 10.—Adv.: ĭneffĭcācĭter, ineffectually, in vain, Dig. 49, 8, 2; Cod. Just. 6, 35, 2; Symm. Ep. 6, 53.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
ĭneffĭcāx,¹³ ācis, sans action, sans effet utile : Sen. Ira 1, 10, 3 ; Ben. 4, 4 || [avec gén.] qui ne peut produire : vox inefficax verborum Sen. Ira 1, 3, 7, une voix incapable de produire des mots || -cacior Plin. 34, 109 ; -issimus Inscr.
Latin > German (Georges)
in-efficāx, cācis, unfähig, etw. hervorzubringen, vox ineff. verborum, Sen. de ira 1, 3, 7. – dah. unwirksam, schwach, ratio, Sen.: furoris exitus, Ambros.: genus animalium ineff. bello est, Veget. mil.: constat inefficax machinamentum reddi, si inveniatur inferius, ibid. – Compar., fit ex candido aero squama longe Cypriā inefficacior, Plin. 34, 109.
