impotentia
ὃν οὐ τύπτει λόγος οὐδὲ ῥάβδος → if words don't get through, neither a beating will | if the carrot doesn't work, the stick will not work either | whom words do not strike, neither does the rod
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.
Latin > English
impotentia impotentiae N F :: weakness; immoderate behavior, violence
