inpotens, (gen.), inpotentis:
Adjective · 3rd declension · variant: 1st · comparison: positive
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Age:
- Medieval
powerless, impotent, wild, headstrong; having no control (over), incapable (of);
Inflections
positive
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | — | inpotentia |
| Acc. | inpotens | inpotentia |
| Voc. | — | inpotentia |
Examples
Heauton Timorumenos
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...perspicax; ego te autem novi quam esse soleas inpotens; inversa verba, eversas cervices tuas, gemitus screatus tussis risus..."Liber XIX
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...illi nihil imperat turpe, nihil sordidum; ubi vero inpotens, cupidus, delicatus est, transit in nomen detestabile ac dirum..."Libri XI-XIII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...quid decempedam effugit, si tristem me facit vicinus inpotens et aliquid ex meo abradens? Docet quomodo nihil perdam..."Liber IX
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...accipit et quinque denarios. Ille qui superbus atque inpotens et fiducia virium tumidus ait, quod nisi quieris, Menelae..."ad Marciam
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE CONSOLATIONE
"...leuat; haec e carcere educit quos exire imperium inpotens uetuerat; haec exulibus in patriam semper animum oculosque tendentibus..."Liber III
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE IRA
"...inspuisset Lentulus ille patrum nostrorum memoria factiosus et inpotens, abstersit faciem et 'adfirmabo' inquit 'omnibus, Lentule, falli..."Liber II
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE IRA
"...dare cum scelus fecerit; tertius motus est iam inpotens, qui non si oportet ulcisci uult sed utique..."Liber I
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE IRA
"...sapientibus uiris iram dixerunt breuem insaniam; aeque enim inpotens sui est, decoris oblita, necessitudinum immemor, in quod coepit..."