impetuosus

== Latin == === Etymology === From impetus (“attack”) +‎ -osus. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɪm.pɛ.tuˈoː.sʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [im.pe.tuˈɔː.s̬us] === Adjective === impetuōsus (feminine impetuōsa, neuter impetuōsum); first/second-declension adjective impetuous, violent ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== 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.