impotens

Latin

Alternative forms

• inpotēns

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *né

Proto-Indo-European *n̥-

Proto-Italic *n̥-

Latin in-

Proto-Indo-European *pótis

Proto-Italic *potis

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti

Proto-Italic *-ējō

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ēō

Proto-Italic *potēō

Proto-Italic *potēnts

Latin potēns

Latin impotēns

From in- (“un-”) + potēns (“strong, powerful”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɪm.pɔ.tẽːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈim.po.tens]

Adjective

impotēns (genitive impotentis, superlative impotentissimus, adverb impotenter); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. Powerless, weak, feeble, impotent, helpless, puny.
2. Unable to control, having no power over; incapable of.
3. Unbridled, unrestrained, headstrong, wild, violent, excessive.

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	impotēns			impotentēs	impotentia
genitive	impotentis			impotentium
dative	impotentī			impotentibus
accusative	impotentem	impotēns		impotentīs impotentēs	impotentia
ablative	impotentī impotente			impotentibus
vocative	impotēns			impotentēs	impotentia

Derived terms

• impotenter
• impotentia

Descendants

• Catalan: impotent
• English: impotent
• French: impotent
• Galician: impotente
• Italian: impotente
• Portuguese: impotente
• Romanian: impotent
• Spanish: impotente

References

• “impotens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “impotens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “impotens”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • a man of no self-control, self-indulgent: homo impotens sui
    
  • despotic, tyrannous rule: dominatio impotens
    
• impotens in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin impotentia.

Noun

impotens m (definite singular impotensen, uncountable)

1. impotence

Related terms

• erektil dysfunksjon

References

• “impotens” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin impotentia.

Noun

impotens m (definite singular impotensen, uncountable)

1. impotence

Related terms

• erektil dysfunksjon

References

• “impotens” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Noun

impotens c

1. impotence (erectile dysfunction, etc.)

   Antonym: potens

2. impotence (powerlessness, incapacity)

Declension

Declension of impotens

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	impotens	impotenss
	definite	impotensen	impotensens
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Related terms

• impotent

References

• “impotens”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “impotens”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “impotens”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)