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|lshtext=<b>impŏtentĭa</b>: (inp-), ae, f. [[impotens]]. *<br /><b>I</b> Inability, [[want]] of [[wealth]], [[poverty]]: [[magis]] [[propter]] suam impotentiam se [[semper]] credunt neglegi, Ter. Ad. 4, 3, 16.—<br /><b>II</b> Want of [[moderation]] or [[self]]-[[restraint]], ungovernableness, [[passionate]] behavior, [[violence]], [[fury]] (freq. and [[class]].): [[impotentia]] quaedam animi a [[temperantia]] et moderatione plurimum dissidens, Cic. Tusc. 4, 15, 34; Poet. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 16, 35: [[impotentia]] [[commotus]] animi, Sisenn. ap. Non. 527, 14: [[numquam]] [[potentia]] sua ad impotentiam [[usus]], Vell. 2, 29: impotentiae [[exprobratio]], Quint. 6, 2, 16: [[muliebris]], Liv. 34, 2, 2; Tac. A. 1, 4; 12, 57: veteranorum, id. ib. 14, 31: nullius astri Gregem aestuosa torret [[impotentia]], [[fiery]] [[violence]], Hor. Epod. 16, 62.
|lshtext=<b>impŏtentĭa</b>: (inp-), ae, f. [[impotens]]. *<br /><b>I</b> Inability, [[want]] of [[wealth]], [[poverty]]: [[magis]] [[propter]] suam impotentiam se [[semper]] credunt neglegi, Ter. Ad. 4, 3, 16.—<br /><b>II</b> Want of [[moderation]] or [[self]]-[[restraint]], ungovernableness, [[passionate]] behavior, [[violence]], [[fury]] (freq. and class.): [[impotentia]] quaedam animi a [[temperantia]] et moderatione plurimum dissidens, Cic. Tusc. 4, 15, 34; Poet. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 16, 35: [[impotentia]] [[commotus]] animi, Sisenn. ap. Non. 527, 14: [[numquam]] [[potentia]] sua ad impotentiam [[usus]], Vell. 2, 29: impotentiae [[exprobratio]], Quint. 6, 2, 16: [[muliebris]], Liv. 34, 2, 2; Tac. A. 1, 4; 12, 57: veteranorum, id. ib. 14, 31: nullius astri Gregem aestuosa torret [[impotentia]], [[fiery]] [[violence]], Hor. Epod. 16, 62.
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Latest revision as of 15:47, 6 November 2024

Latin > English

impotentia impotentiae N F :: weakness; immoderate behavior, violence

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

impŏtentĭa: (inp-), ae, f. impotens. *
I Inability, want of wealth, poverty: magis propter suam impotentiam se semper credunt neglegi, Ter. Ad. 4, 3, 16.—
II Want of moderation or self-restraint, ungovernableness, passionate behavior, violence, fury (freq. and class.): impotentia quaedam animi a temperantia et moderatione plurimum dissidens, Cic. Tusc. 4, 15, 34; Poet. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 16, 35: impotentia commotus animi, Sisenn. ap. Non. 527, 14: numquam potentia sua ad impotentiam usus, Vell. 2, 29: impotentiae exprobratio, Quint. 6, 2, 16: muliebris, Liv. 34, 2, 2; Tac. A. 1, 4; 12, 57: veteranorum, id. ib. 14, 31: nullius astri Gregem aestuosa torret impotentia, fiery violence, Hor. Epod. 16, 62.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

impŏtentĭa,¹² æ, f. (impotens),
1 impuissance, faiblesse : Ter. Ad. 607
2 impuissance à se maîtriser : impotentia quædam animi Cic. Tusc. 4, 34, un emportement de l’âme, un mouvement passionné ; impotentia muliebris Liv. 34, 2, 2 ; Tac. Ann. 1, 4, impuissance des femmes à se dominer, le caractère passionné de la femme || violence de qqch., excès : Hor. Epo. 16, 62.

Latin > German (Georges)

impotentia, ae, f. (impotens), I) das Unvermögen, die Ohnmacht, Ter. adelph. 607. – II) die Unbändigkeit, Zügellosigkeit, Ausgelassenheit, bes. in Hinsicht auf Ehrgeiz u. Herrschsucht, der Despotismus, Cic., Tac. u.a.: animi, Sisenn. hist. fr.: libidinum, Plin.