impotens

Latin

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈim.po.tens/, [ˈɪm.pɔ.tẽːs]

Adjective

impotēns (genitive impotentis); third declension

  1. Powerless, weak, feeble, impotent, helpless, puny.
  2. Unable to control, having no power over; incapable of.
  3. Unbridled, unrestrained, headstrong, wild, violent, excessive.

Inflection

Third declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative impotēns impotēns impotentēs impotentia
Genitive impotentis impotentis impotentium impotentium
Dative impotentī impotentī impotentibus impotentibus
Accusative impotentem impotēns impotentēs impotentia
Ablative impotentī impotentī impotentibus impotentibus
Vocative impotēns impotēns impotentēs impotentia

Derived terms

Descendants

References
  • 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, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • a man of no self-control, self-indulgent: homo impotens sui
    • despotic, tyrannous rule: dominatio impotens
  • impotens in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin impotentia

Noun

impotens m (definite singular impotensen, uncountable)

  1. impotence

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin impotentia

Noun

impotens m (definite singular impotensen, uncountable)

  1. impotence

References
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