impotens

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From in- (un-) + potēns (strong, powerful).

Pronunciation

Adjective

impotēns (genitive impotentis, superlative impotentissimus, adverb impotenter); third-declension one-termination adjective

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

Declension

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

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 (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) 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

Swedish

Noun

impotens c

  1. impotence (erectile dysfunction, etc.)
    Antonym: potens
  2. impotence (powerlessness, incapacity)

Declension

Declension of impotens 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative impotens impotensen
Genitive impotenss impotensens

References

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