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Latin
Etymology
From in- (“un-”) + potēns (“strong, powerful”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
impotēns (genitive impotentis, superlative impotentissimus, adverb impotenter); third-declension one-termination adjective
- Powerless, weak, feeble, impotent, helpless, puny.
- Unable to control, having no power over; incapable of.
- Unbridled, unrestrained, headstrong, wild, violent, excessive.
Declension
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
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)
- impotence
References
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Latin impotentia.
Noun
impotens m (definite singular impotensen, uncountable)
- impotence
References
Swedish
Noun
impotens c
- impotence (erectile dysfunction, etc.)
- Antonym: potens
- impotence (powerlessness, incapacity)
Declension
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