inpotentiam
Dictionary entries
- Entry →inpotentia, inpotentiae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Age:
- Medieval
weakness; immoderate behavior, violence;
acc. sg.
Examples
Adelphoe
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...suspitiosi: ad contumeliam omnia accipiunt magis: propter suam inpotentiam se semper credunt ludier. quapropter te ipsum purgare ipsi..."Liber XVI
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...contra ambitionem contumeliose. Volo luxuriam obiurgari, libidinem traduci, inpotentiam frangi. Sit aliquid oratorie acre, tragice grande, comice exile..."