impotensとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From in- (“un-”) +‎ potēns (“strong, powerful”).

発音

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈim.po.tens/, [ˈɪmpɔt̪ẽːs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈim.po.tens/, [ˈimpot̪ens]

形容詞

impotēns (genitive impotentis, 最上級 impotentissimus, adverb impotenter); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. Powerless, weak, feeble, impotent, helpless, puny.
2. Unable to control, having no power over; incapable of.
3. Unbridled, unrestrained, headstrong, wild, violent, excessive.

語形変化

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

派生語

• impotenter
• impotentia

派生した語

• Catalan: impotent
• English: impotent
• French: impotent
• Galician: impotente
• Italian: impotente
• Portuguese: impotente
• Spanish: impotente

参照

• “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^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • a man of no self-control, self-indulgent: homo impotens sui
    
  • despotic, tyrannous rule: dominatio impotens
    
• impotens in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016