impotens

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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 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
  • 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

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin impotentia.

Noun

impotens m (definite singular impotensen, uncountable)

  1. impotence

References

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

References