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efficientia

efficientia · f

efficient power

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Where it lives

De Fide Catholica 1 · 5.19/10k
De Fato 1 · 2.02/10k
De consolatione philosophiae 1 · 0.41/10k
de Natura Deorum 1 · 0.28/10k

What it meant

effĭcĭentĭa — Lewis & Short

effĭcĭentĭa, ae, f.efficio,

I efficient power, efficiency, influence (rare; mostly in philos. lang.), Cic. N. D. 2, 37, 95; id. Fat. 9, 19: spiritalis, Hil. in Psa. 131, 24: inenarrabilis, id. Trin. 3, 18; Lact. Opif. D. 19, 7.

In the wild

efficientiam Cicero, De Fato 19
efficientiam Cicero, de Natura Deorum 2.95
efficientiam Boethius, De consolatione philosophiae 3.P11
efficientiam Boethius, De Fide Catholica 1

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. efficientia (scan p. 236; entry #3652).

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