impotens
Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From in- (“un-”) + potēns (“strong, powerful”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈim.po.tens/, [ˈɪmpɔt̪ẽːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈim.po.tens/, [ˈimpot̪ens]
Adjective
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Catalan: impotent
- English: impotent
- French: impotent
- Galician: impotente
- Italian: impotente
- Portuguese: impotente
- Romanian: impotent
- Spanish: impotente
References
[edit]- “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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin impotentia.
Noun
[edit]impotens m (definite singular impotensen, uncountable)
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “impotens” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin impotentia.
Noun
[edit]impotens m (definite singular impotensen, uncountable)
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “impotens” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
[edit]Noun
[edit]impotens c
Declension
[edit]| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | impotens | impotenss |
| definite | impotensen | impotensens | |
| plural | indefinite | — | — |
| definite | — | — |
Related terms
[edit]References
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- Latin 3-syllable words
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- Latin words in Meissner and Auden's phrasebook
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Latin
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål uncountable nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Latin
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk uncountable nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish nouns
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