Latin edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From impotēns (weak", "powerless", "unbridled) +‎ -ia.

Noun edit

impotentia f (genitive impotentiae); first declension

  1. poverty
  2. inability
  3. violence (lack of restraint)
Declension edit

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative impotentia impotentiae
Genitive impotentiae impotentiārum
Dative impotentiae impotentiīs
Accusative impotentiam impotentiās
Ablative impotentiā impotentiīs
Vocative impotentia impotentiae
Descendants edit

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective edit

impotentia

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of impotēns

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 (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016