impetuosus

Latin

Etymology

From impetus (“attack”) +‎ -osus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /im.pe.tuˈoː.sus/, [ɪmpɛt̪uˈoːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /im.pe.tuˈo.sus/, [impet̪uˈɔːs̬us]

Adjective

impetuōsus (feminine impetuōsa, neuter impetuōsum); first/second-declension adjective

1. impetuous, violent

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	impetuōsus	impetuōsa	impetuōsum		impetuōsī	impetuōsae	impetuōsa
genitive	impetuōsī	impetuōsae	impetuōsī		impetuōsōrum	impetuōsārum	impetuōsōrum
dative	impetuōsō	impetuōsae	impetuōsō		impetuōsīs
accusative	impetuōsum	impetuōsam	impetuōsum		impetuōsōs	impetuōsās	impetuōsa
ablative	impetuōsō	impetuōsā	impetuōsō		impetuōsīs
vocative	impetuōse	impetuōsa	impetuōsum		impetuōsī	impetuōsae	impetuōsa

Descendants

• → English: impetuous
• → Spanish: impetuoso
• → Italian: impetuoso
• → Portuguese: impetuoso
• → Catalan: impetuós
• → Romanian: impetuos
• → Old French: impetueux
  • Middle French: impetueux
    • French: impétueux

References

• “impetuosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• impetuosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.