LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinefourth declension

impāctus1

impāctus m (genitive impāctūs)
Classical[ɪmˈpaːk.tʊs]Ecclesiastical[imˈpak.tus]

Meaning

  1. New Latinillision, collision, hit
    Triplicis generis corpora discernere oportet, nempe perfectē dūra, quae nūllō impāctū figūram mūtant; perfectē elastica, quae ictū figūram mūtant, attamen eandem statim iterum assūmunt, velut sponte; perfectē mollia, quae figūram ictū mūtant, sed nōn amplius resūmunt ex propriā aliquā vī.https://books.google.de/books?id=UHcShwAHoyMC&pg=PA2131752, Karl Scherffer, Institutionum physicae pars prima seu physica generalis, conscripta in usum suorum d.d. auditorum 213
    Lapidēs et quaedam rigida metalla impāctū vehementī alicujus corporis dūrī in partēs dissiliunt, vitrum in illās ad levem quoque contāctum diffringitur.https://books.google.de/books?id=cU4%2520AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA2021761, Andreas Jaszlinszky, Institutiones physicae: pars prima seu physica generalis in usum discipulorum concinnata 202
  2. New Latinimpact, effect

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeimpāctusimpāctūs
genitiveimpāctūsimpāctuum
dativeimpāctuīimpāctibus
accusativeimpāctumimpāctūs
ablativeimpāctūimpāctibus
vocativeimpāctusimpāctūs

impactus, a, um, Part., from impingo.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Italic*en
  3. Proto-Italic*en-
  4. Latinimpāctus

Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-der. Proto-Italic *pangō Latin pangō Latin impingō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin impāctus From impingō (“to strike against”) + -tus (abstract noun suffix).

Descendants
  • Catalanimpacte
  • Englishimpact
  • Frenchimpact
  • GermanImpakt
  • Italianimpatto
  • Portugueseimpacto
  • Spanishimpacto
  • Galicianimpacto
  • Sicilianmpattu
verbfirst/second-declension participle
impāctus2
impāctus (feminine impācta, neuter impāctum)
Classical[ɪmˈpaːk.tʊs]Ecclesiastical[imˈpak.tus]

Meaning

  1. participlehaving been thrust
  2. participlehaving been forced, pressed upon
  3. participlehaving been pushed, dashed against

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Italic*en
  3. Proto-Italic*en-
  4. Latinimpāctus

Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-der. Proto-Italic *pangō Latin pangō Latin impingō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Latin impactus Perfect passive participle of impingō.

Quick answers

What does impāctus mean in Latin?
impāctus, a noun, means “illision, collision, hit; impact, effect”.
What is the genitive of impāctus?
The genitive singular is impāctūs. impāctus is masculine, fourth declension.
How do you pronounce impāctus?
In classical Latin, [ɪmˈpaːk.tʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [imˈpak.tus].
Where does impāctus come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én → Proto-Italic *en → Proto-Italic *en- → Latin impāctus.