impotentia
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɪm.pɔˈtɛn.ti.a]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [im.poˈt̪ɛn.t̪͡s̪i.a]
Etymology 1
From impotēns (“weak", "powerless", "unbridled”) + -ia.
Noun
impotentia f (genitive impotentiae); first declension
Declension
First-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | impotentia | impotentiae |
| genitive | impotentiae | impotentiārum |
| dative | impotentiae | impotentiīs |
| accusative | impotentiam | impotentiās |
| ablative | impotentiā | impotentiīs |
| vocative | impotentia | impotentiae |
Descendants
- → Dutch: impotentie
- → Indonesian: impotensi
- → German: Impotenz
- → Italian: impotenza
- → Middle French: impotence
- → Russian: импоте́нция (impoténcija)
- → Spanish: impotencia
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
impotentia
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of impotēns
References
- “impotentia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “impotentia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- "impotentia", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- impotentia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- impotentia in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016