impotentia
Appearance
Latin
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /im.poˈten.ti.a/, [ɪmpɔˈt̪ɛn̪t̪iä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /im.poˈten.t͡si.a/, [impoˈt̪ɛnt̪͡s̪iä]
Etymology 1
[edit]From impotēns (“weak", "powerless", "unbridled”) + -ia.
Noun
[edit]impotentia f (genitive impotentiae); first declension
Declension
[edit]First-declension noun.
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | impotentia | impotentiae |
genitive | impotentiae | impotentiārum |
dative | impotentiae | impotentiīs |
accusative | impotentiam | impotentiās |
ablative | impotentiā | impotentiīs |
vocative | impotentia | impotentiae |
Descendants
[edit]- → German: Impotenz
- Italian: impotenza
- Middle French: impotence
- Russian: импоте́нция (impoténcija)
- Spanish: impotencia
Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
[edit]impotentia
References
[edit]- “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 (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016