impotens
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From in- (“un-”) + potēns (“strong, powerful”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) 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.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | 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
| Declension of impotens | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncountable | ||||
| Indefinite | Definite | |||
| Nominative | impotens | impotensen | — | — |
| Genitive | impotenss | impotensens | — | — |