impeditus

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Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of impediō.

Participle

impedītus (feminine impedīta, neuter impedītum, comparative impedītior, superlative impedītissimus); first/second-declension participle

  1. hindered
  2. (figuratively) embarrassed, entangled

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative impedītus impedīta impedītum impedītī impedītae impedīta
Genitive impedītī impedītae impedītī impedītōrum impedītārum impedītōrum
Dative impedītō impedītō impedītīs
Accusative impedītum impedītam impedītum impedītōs impedītās impedīta
Ablative impedītō impedītā impedītō impedītīs
Vocative impedīte impedīta impedītum impedītī impedītae impedīta

Descendants

  • Italian: impedito
  • Ladin: mpedì
  • Portuguese: impedido
  • Spanish: impedido

References

  • impeditus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • impeditus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • impeditus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • a soldier lightly armed, ready for battle: expeditus (opp. impeditus) miles