impotens
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From in- (“un-”) + potēns (“strong, powerful”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɪm.pɔ.tẽːs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈim.po.t̪ens]
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.
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- 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
- a man of no self-control, self-indulgent: homo impotens sui
- 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)
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.
Swedish
Noun
impotens c
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | impotens | impotenss |
| definite | impotensen | impotensens | |
| plural | indefinite | — | — |
| definite | — | — |