adjectivethird-declension one-termination adjective
impotēns
impotēns (genitive impotentis, superlative impotentissimus, adverb impotenter)
Classical[ˈɪm.pɔ.tẽːs]Ecclesiastical[ˈim.po.tens]
Meaning
- one terminationPowerless, weak, feeble, impotent, helpless, puny.
- one terminationUnable to control, having no power over; incapable of.
- one terminationUnbridled, unrestrained, headstrong, wild, violent, excessive.
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | impotēns | impotēns | impotēns |
| genitive | impotentis inpotentis | impotentis inpotentis | impotentis inpotentis |
| dative | impotentī inpotentī | impotentī inpotentī | impotentī inpotentī |
| accusative | impotentem inpotentem | impotentem inpotentem | impotēns |
| ablative | impotentī impotente, inpotente, inpotentī | impotentī impotente, inpotente, inpotentī | impotentī impotente, inpotente, inpotentī |
| vocative | impotēns | impotēns | impotēns |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | impotentēs inpotentēs | impotentēs inpotentēs | impotentia inpotentia |
| genitive | impotentium inpotentium | impotentium inpotentium | impotentium inpotentium |
| dative | impotentibus inpotentibus | impotentibus inpotentibus | impotentibus inpotentibus |
| accusative | impotentīs impotentēs, inpotentēs, inpotentīs | impotentīs impotentēs, inpotentēs, inpotentīs | impotentia inpotentia |
| ablative | impotentibus inpotentibus | impotentibus inpotentibus | impotentibus inpotentibus |
| vocative | impotentēs inpotentēs | impotentēs inpotentēs | impotentia inpotentia |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- homo impotens sui
- a man of no self-control, self-indulgent.
- dominatio impotens
- despotic, tyrannous rule.
impŏtens (inp-), entis, adj. 2. in-potens,
I. powerless, impotent, weak, feeble (class.).
I. In gen.
(a). Absol.:
neque homini infanti aut impotenti injuste facta conducunt, Cic. Fin. 1, 16, 52: ad opem impotentium, id. Mur. 28, 59; cf. Sall. Or. Licin.: (Juno) inulta cesserat impotens Tellure, Hor. C. 2, 1, 26.—(b). With gen., having no power over, not master of, unable to control:
gens impotens rerum suarum, Liv. 9, 14, 5; cf.: equi impotentes regendi, id. 35, 11, 10: ob sitim impotentes sui, Curt. 4, 7: impotens irae, Liv. 29, 9, 9: laetitiae, id. 30, 42, 17: amoris, Tac. H. 4, 44: doloris, Val. Max. 4, 6, 2: animi, Curt. 8, 1 fin. al. —II. In partic., that is not master of himself, unbridled, headstrong, violent, insolent, immoderate, excessive, furious (syn.: effrenatus, infrenus).
A. Of animated beings:
mea (amica) est impotens, procax, Ter. Heaut. 2, 1, 15: victoria eos ipsos ferociores impotentioresque reddit, Cic. Fam. 4, 9, 3: impotens, iracundus, etc., id. Phil. 5, 9, 24: homo impotentissim us, ardens odio, id. ib. 5, 16, 42: confidens, impotens, etc., id. ib. 11, 7, 16: Marius immodicus gloriae, insatiabilis, impotens, Vell. 2, 11, 1: si contra impotentem suscepta est causa, Quint. 6, 1, 12: ferox atque impotens mulier, Suet. Ner. 28: inimici, id. Claud. 15: militibus impotens, violent, despotic towards the soldiers, Just. 26, 3.—(b). Poet. with inf.:
(regina) quidlibet impotens Sperare, Hor. C. 1, 37, 10.— B. Of inanim. and abstr. things:
quae effrenatio impotentis animi! Cic. Phil. 5, 8, 22; cf.: aut nullos animi motus aut non tam impotentes fuisse, id. Part. Or. 35, 119: laetitia, id. Tusc. 5, 7, 17: impotentissimus dominatus, id. Fam. 10, 27, 1: in multo impotentiorem subito rabiem accensi, Liv. 29, 9, 6: impotentissimae cogitationes (invidiae, avaritiae, etc.), Quint. 12, 1, 6: actiones, id. 5, 13, 21: superstitio (with saeva), Curt. 4, 10: postulatum, Liv. 7, 41, 8: jussa mulierum (with pervicacia), Tac. A. 3, 33: injuria, Liv. 38, 56, 11: amor, Cat. 35, 12: Aquilo, Hor. C. 3, 30, 3; cf. freta, Cat. 4, 18.— Hence, adv.: impŏtenter. 1. (Acc. to I.) Powerlessly, weakly (very rare):
elephantos impotentius regi, Liv. 27, 48, 11.— More freq., but perh. not anteAug., 2. (Acc. to II.) Passionately, violently, intemperately:
aliquid facere, Quint. 1, 3, 13: dicere aliquid, id. 6, 3, 83: uti magna potentia, Sen. Ep. 42: flagitare divisionem agrorum divitum, Just. 16, 4: regnare, Auct. B. Alex. 33. — Sup.: quae impotentissime fecit, Sen. Ben. 4, 17.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
impotēns (in-p-) entis, adj.
with comp. and sup, powerless, impotent, weak, feeble, helpless: homo: ad opem: (Iuno) cesserat impotens Tellure, H.: gens rerum suarum, not master of, L.: regendi (sc. equos), unable to control, L.: irae, unbridled in, L.—Without self-control, unbridled, unrestrained, headstrong, violent: alqs, T.: Aquilo, H.: victoria eos impotentiores reddit: homo impotentissimus: quidlibet impotens Sperare, H.: impotentissimus dominatus: impotentior rabies, L.
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Italic*n̥-
- Latinimpotēns
Proto-Indo-European *pótis Proto-Italic *potis Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Italic *-ējō Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ēō Proto-Italic *potēō Proto-Italic *potēnts Latin potēns Latin impotēns From in- (“un-”) + potēns (“strong, powerful”).
Descendants
- Catalanimpotent
- Englishimpotent
- Frenchimpotent
- Italianimpotente
- Portugueseimpotente
- Romanianimpotent
- Spanishimpotente
- Galicianimpotente