impulsus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Perfect passive participle of impellō (“push, drive”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /imˈpul.sus/, [ɪmˈpʊɫ̪s̠ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /imˈpul.sus/, [imˈpulsus]
Participle edit
impulsus (feminine impulsa, neuter impulsum); first/second-declension participle
- pushed, driven, assailed, having been pushed or driven.
- urged on, incited, impelled, having been urged on.
- c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico VII.1:
- Hac impulsi occasione
- Incited by this opportunity
- Hac impulsi occasione
- overthrown, subdued, having been overthrown.
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | impulsus | impulsa | impulsum | impulsī | impulsae | impulsa | |
Genitive | impulsī | impulsae | impulsī | impulsōrum | impulsārum | impulsōrum | |
Dative | impulsō | impulsō | impulsīs | ||||
Accusative | impulsum | impulsam | impulsum | impulsōs | impulsās | impulsa | |
Ablative | impulsō | impulsā | impulsō | impulsīs | |||
Vocative | impulse | impulsa | impulsum | impulsī | impulsae | impulsa |
Derived terms edit
Noun edit
impulsus m (genitive impulsūs); fourth declension
Declension edit
Fourth-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | impulsus | impulsūs |
Genitive | impulsūs | impulsuum |
Dative | impulsuī | impulsibus |
Accusative | impulsum | impulsūs |
Ablative | impulsū | impulsibus |
Vocative | impulsus | impulsūs |
Descendants edit
References edit
- “impulsus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “impulsus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- impulsus 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)
- impulsus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- in a transport of rage: furore incensus, abreptus, impulsus
- in a transport of rage: furore incensus, abreptus, impulsus