See impetus on Wiktionary
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"3": "импет",
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"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "something that impels",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "poticaj"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "something that impels",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ímpetu"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "impulʹs",
"sense": "something that impels",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "імпульс"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "poštovx",
"sense": "something that impels",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "поштовх"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "stymul",
"sense": "something that impels",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "стимул"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "a force, either internal or external, that impels; an impulse",
"word": "təkan"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "podbuda",
"sense": "a force, either internal or external, that impels; an impulse",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "подбуда"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "impuls",
"sense": "a force, either internal or external, that impels; an impulse",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "импулс"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "a force, either internal or external, that impels; an impulse",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "impuls"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "a force, either internal or external, that impels; an impulse",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "drivkraft"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "a force, either internal or external, that impels; an impulse",
"word": "impuls"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "a force, either internal or external, that impels; an impulse",
"word": "stuwkracht"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "a force, either internal or external, that impels; an impulse",
"word": "sysäys"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "a force, either internal or external, that impels; an impulse",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "élan"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a force, either internal or external, that impels; an impulse",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Triebkraft"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "a force, either internal or external, that impels; an impulse",
"word": "drivkraft"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "a force, either internal or external, that impels; an impulse",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "impulsion"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "nirôye barângizande",
"sense": "a force, either internal or external, that impels; an impulse",
"word": "نیروی برانگیزنده"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "a force, either internal or external, that impels; an impulse",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ímpeto"
},
{
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "uddipona",
"sense": "the force or energy associated with a moving body; a stimulus",
"word": "উদ্দীপনা"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "ustrem",
"sense": "the force or energy associated with a moving body; a stimulus",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "устрем"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "tlasǎk",
"sense": "the force or energy associated with a moving body; a stimulus",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "тласък"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "the force or energy associated with a moving body; a stimulus",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "stimul"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "the force or energy associated with a moving body; a stimulus",
"word": "drijvende kracht"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "the force or energy associated with a moving body; a stimulus",
"word": "stuwkracht"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "the force or energy associated with a moving body; a stimulus",
"word": "liikevoima"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "the force or energy associated with a moving body; a stimulus",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Antrieb"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "the force or energy associated with a moving body; a stimulus",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Anschub"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "the force or energy associated with a moving body; a stimulus",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "impulsion"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "the force or energy associated with a moving body; a stimulus",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "estimulús"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "barângizanda, barângizande",
"sense": "the force or energy associated with a moving body; a stimulus",
"word": "برانگیزنده"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "angixtâr",
"sense": "the force or energy associated with a moving body; a stimulus",
"word": "انگیختار"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "the force or energy associated with a moving body; a stimulus",
"word": "impulso"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "the force or energy associated with a moving body; a stimulus",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "impetus"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "the force or energy associated with a moving body; a stimulus",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "impuls"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "the force or energy associated with a moving body; a stimulus",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "poticaj"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "an activity in response to a stimulus",
"word": "stimulans"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "an activity in response to a stimulus",
"word": "prikkel"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "an activity in response to a stimulus",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Schwung"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "an activity in response to a stimulus",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Wucht"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "an activity in response to a stimulus",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Schub"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "an activity in response to a stimulus",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "impulsion"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "an activity in response to a stimulus",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "estimulacion"
}
],
"word": "impetus"
}
{
"categories": [
"Latin 3-syllable words",
"Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"Latin fourth declension nouns",
"Latin lemmas",
"Latin masculine nouns",
"Latin masculine nouns in the fourth declension",
"Latin nouns",
"Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"la:Military",
"la:Violence"
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ca",
"2": "ímpetu",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Catalan: ímpetu",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Catalan: ímpetu"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fro",
"2": "ente",
"3": "entes"
},
"expansion": "Old French: ente, entes",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Old French: ente, entes"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "it",
"2": "empito",
"3": "impito",
"qq": "dialectal or obsolete"
},
"expansion": "Italian: empito, impito (dialectal or obsolete)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Italian: empito, impito (dialectal or obsolete)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "impetus",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ English: impetus",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ English: impetus"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Impetus",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ German: Impetus",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ German: Impetus"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "uk",
"2": "імпет",
"3": "импет",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Ukrainian: імпет (impet), импет (ympet)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Ukrainian: імпет (impet), импет (ympet)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "it",
"2": "impeto",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Italian: impeto",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Italian: impeto"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pms",
"2": "ìmpit",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Piedmontese: ìmpit",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Piedmontese: ìmpit"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "ímpeto",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Portuguese: ímpeto",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Portuguese: ímpeto"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "es",
"2": "ímpetu",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Spanish: ímpetu",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Spanish: ímpetu"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From impetō (“to rush upon, attack”), from in- (“upon”) + petō (“to seek, fall upon”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "impetūs",
"tags": [
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "la-ndecl",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "impetus",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "impetūs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "impetūs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "impetuum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "impetuī",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "impetibus",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "impetum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "impetūs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "impetū",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "impetibus",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "impetus",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "impetūs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "impetus<4>"
},
"expansion": "impetus m (genitive impetūs); fourth declension",
"name": "la-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "impetus<4>"
},
"name": "la-ndecl"
}
],
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Latin terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "By uninterrupted charge they rushed into the utmost parts of the town",
"ref": "c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico VII.28",
"text": "Ultimas oppidi partes Continenti impetu petiverunt"
}
],
"glosses": [
"an attack, an assault, a charge"
],
"links": [
[
"attack",
"attack"
],
[
"assault",
"assault"
],
[
"charge",
"charge"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "incursiō"
},
{
"word": "aggressiō"
},
{
"word": "impressiō"
},
{
"word": "invāsiō"
},
{
"word": "assultus"
},
{
"word": "oppugnātiō"
},
{
"word": "incursus"
},
{
"word": "concursus"
},
{
"word": "occursiō"
},
{
"word": "petītiō"
},
{
"word": "appetītus"
},
{
"word": "ictus"
},
{
"word": "vīs"
},
{
"word": "procella"
}
],
"tags": [
"declension-4",
"masculine"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"a rapid motion"
],
"links": [
[
"rapid",
"rapid"
],
[
"motion",
"motion"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-4",
"masculine"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"impulse, vehemence, ardor, passion"
],
"links": [
[
"impulse",
"impulse"
],
[
"vehemence",
"vehemence"
],
[
"ardor",
"ardor"
],
[
"passion",
"passion"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "cupīdō"
},
{
"word": "vehementia"
},
{
"word": "libīdō"
},
{
"word": "appetītus"
},
{
"word": "appetītiō"
},
{
"word": "ardor"
},
{
"word": "avāritia"
},
{
"word": "alacritās"
}
],
"tags": [
"declension-4",
"masculine"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"a making for"
],
"tags": [
"declension-4",
"masculine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈim.pe.tus/",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈɪmpɛt̪ʊs̠]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈim.pe.tus/",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈimpet̪us]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"word": "impetus"
}
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