impactus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of impingō.

Participle

impāctus (feminine impācta, neuter impāctum); first/second-declension participle

  1. having been thrust
  2. having been forced, pressed upon
  3. having been pushed, dashed against

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative impāctus impācta impāctum impāctī impāctae impācta
Genitive impāctī impāctae impāctī impāctōrum impāctārum impāctōrum
Dative impāctō impāctō impāctīs
Accusative impāctum impāctam impāctum impāctōs impāctās impācta
Ablative impāctō impāctā impāctō impāctīs
Vocative impācte impācta impāctum impāctī impāctae impācta

Descendants

  • Catalan: impacte
  • English: impact
  • French: impact
  • Galician: impacto
  • Italian: impatto
  • Portuguese: impacto
  • Sicilian: mpintu, mpattu
  • Spanish: impacto
  • Vulgar Latin: *impāctāre

References

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