impos
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From in- (“not”) + potis (“able”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈim.pos/, [ˈɪmpɔs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈim.pos/, [ˈimpos]
Adjective edit
impos (genitive impotis, comparative impotior, superlative impotissimus); third-declension one-termination adjective
- (pre-Classical, post-classical) not having control, power over, or possession of something (takes the genitive)
- impos mentis
- out of one's mind
- impos mentis
Declension edit
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | impos | impotēs | impotia | ||
| Genitive | impotis | impotium | |||
| Dative | impotī | impotibus | |||
| Accusative | impotem | impos | impotēs | impotia | |
| Ablative | impotī | impotibus | |||
| Vocative | impos | impotēs | impotia | ||
References edit
- “impos”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “impos” on page 934/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)
- impos in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.