impulsio

impulsio

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én
Proto-Italic *en
Proto-Italic *en-
Latin in-
Proto-Indo-European *pel-
Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂-der.
Proto-Indo-European *-né-der.
Proto-Italic *pelnōder.
Latin pellō
Latin impellō
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *-Hō
Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō
Proto-Italic *-tiō
Latin -tiō
Latin impulsiō

    From impellō + -tiō.

    Noun

    impulsiō f (genitive impulsiōnis); third declension

    1. influence (external pressure)
    2. impulse, incitement, instigation

    Declension

    Third-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative impulsiō impulsiōnēs
    genitive impulsiōnis impulsiōnum
    dative impulsiōnī impulsiōnibus
    accusative impulsiōnem impulsiōnēs
    ablative impulsiōne impulsiōnibus
    vocative impulsiō impulsiōnēs

    Descendants

    • English: impulsion
    • French: impulsion
    • Italian: impulsione
    • Portuguese: impulsão, empuxão
    • Spanish: impulsión, empujón

    References

    • “impulsio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “impulsio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • “impulsio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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