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Latin
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From impingō (“I strike against”) + -tus (abstract noun suffix).
Noun
impāctus m (genitive impāctūs); fourth declension (New Latin)
- illision, collision, hit
1752, Karl Scherffer,
Institutionum physicae pars prima seu physica generalis, conscripta in usum suorum d.d. auditorum 213:
- 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.
1761, Andreas Jaszlinszky,
Institutiones physicae: pars prima seu physica generalis in usum discipulorum concinnata 202:
- Lapidēs et quaedam rigida metalla impāctū vehementī alicujus corporis dūrī in partēs dissiliunt, vitrum in illās ad levem quoque contāctum diffringitur.
- impact, effect
Declension
Fourth-declension noun.
Descendants
References
R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “impactus”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources, London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC
Etymology 2
Perfect passive participle of impingō.
Participle
impāctus (feminine impācta, neuter impāctum); first/second-declension participle
- having been thrust
- having been forced, pressed upon
- having been pushed, dashed against
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
References
- “impactus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “impactus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- impactus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.