impŏtentĭa (inp-), ae, f. [impotens]. *
I Inability , want of wealth , poverty : magis propter suam impotentiam se semper credunt neglegi, Ter. Ad. 607.—
II Want of moderation or self-restraint , ungovernableness , passionate behavior , violence , fury (freq. and class.): impotentia quaedam animi a temperantia et moderatione plurimum dissidens, Cic. Tusc. 4, 15, 34; Poet. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 16, 35: impotentia commotus animi, Sisenn. ap. Non. 527, 14: numquam potentia sua ad impotentiam usus, Vell. 2, 29: impotentiae exprobratio, Quint. 6, 2, 16: muliebris, Liv. 34, 2, 2; Tac. A. 1, 4; 12, 57: veteranorum, id. ib. 14, 31: nullius astri Gregem aestuosa torret impotentia, fiery violence , Hor. Epod. 16, 62.