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impotens.

Powerless, weak, feeble, impotent, helpless, puny.

8 characters3 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

adj[ˈɪm.pɔ.tẽːs]Classical-Latin[ˈim.po.tens]
  1. Powerless, weak, feeble, impotent, helpless, puny.

    declension-3 · one-termination
  2. Unable to control, having no power over; incapable of.

    declension-3 · one-termination
  3. Unbridled, unrestrained, headstrong, wild, violent, excessive.

    declension-3 · one-termination
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *pótis Proto-Italic *potis Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Italic *-ējō Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ēō Proto-Italic *potēō Proto-Italic *potēnts Latin potēns Latin impotēns From in- (“un-”) + potēns (“strong, powerful”).

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