impotens
Latin
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈim.po.tens/, [ˈɪmpɔt̪ẽːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈim.po.tens/, [ˈimpot̪ens]
Adjective
impotēns (genitive impotentis, superlative impotentissimus, adverb impotenter); third-declension one-termination adjective
- Powerless, weak, feeble, impotent, helpless, puny.
- Unable to control, having no power over; incapable of.
- Unbridled, unrestrained, headstrong, wild, violent, excessive.
Declension
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
Nominative | impotēns | impotentēs | impotentia | ||
Genitive | impotentis | impotentium | |||
Dative | impotentī | impotentibus | |||
Accusative | impotentem | impotēns | impotentēs | impotentia | |
Ablative | impotentī | impotentibus | |||
Vocative | impotēns | impotentēs | impotentia |
Derived terms
Descendants
- Catalan: impotent
- English: impotent
- French: impotent
- Galician: impotente
- Italian: impotente
- Portuguese: impotente
- 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
- a man of no self-control, self-indulgent: homo impotens sui
- impotens in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (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)
Related terms
References
- “impotens” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Latin impotentia
Noun
impotens m (definite singular impotensen, uncountable)
Related terms
References
- “impotens” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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- Latin words in Meissner and Auden's phrasebook
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- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål uncountable nouns
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