efficax: valens: fortis: praesens [SYN. in EFFECTIVE]. An effectual remedy, valens medicamentum (Cels.); praesens medicina, remedium (Col.); effectual consolation, valens solatium (Sen.); effectual against anything, valens adversus aliquid: to be effectual, vim habere (☞ not vim exserere); efficacem esse: to be very effectual, vim magnam habere: the medicine is effectual, concipitur venis medicamentum; is not effectual, medicina imbecillior est, quam morbus: to adopt more effectual measures, fortioribus reinediis agere: he thought that the most effectual measures should be taken to prevent this, ne id accideret, magnopere praecavendum sibi existimabat.