impulsio

Latin

Etymology

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.