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impedimentum

impedimentum · n

that by which one is entangled

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What it meant

impĕdīmentum — Lewis & Short

impĕdīmentum (inp-), i (archaic form † impelimenta impedimenta dicebant, Paul. ex n.impedio,

Fest. p. 108 Müll.; cf. the letter D),
I that by which one is entangled or impeded, a hinderance, impediment (freq. and class.; cf.: obstaculum, difficultas).
I In gen.: compeditos primo aegre ferre onera et impedimenta crurum, Sen. Tranq. 10: Demosthenes impedimenta naturae diligentia industriaque superavit, Cic. de Or. 1, 61, 260: moram atque impedimentum alicui inferre, id. Inv. 1, 9, 12: afferre, Tac. A. 15, 9: legitimum, Cic. Agr. 2, 9, 24: leve, id. Rep. 1, 3: impedimentum magis quam auxilium, Liv. 9, 19, 5: epistulam jam recepisse te colligo, nam festinanti tabellario dedi: nisi quid impedimenti in via passus est, hinderance, delay, Plin. Ep. 2, 12, 6: esse impedimenti loco, Caes. B. C. 3, 17, 4: ad dicendum impedimento esse, Cic. Rosc. Am. 51, 149; so, with ad, Curt. 4, 2, 15; so, impedimento esse, Plaut. Cas. prol. 61; Ter. And. 4, 2, 24; Cic. Rosc. Am. 4, 9; Quint. 5, 14, 35; 5, 10, 123; 7 praef. § 2 et saep.; cf.: Gallis magno ad pugnam erat impedimento, quod, etc., Caes. B. G. 1, 25, 3; Quint. 2, 5, 2: quae dictatori religio impedimento ad rem gerendam fuerit, Liv. 8, 32, 5.—
II In partic., plur. impedimenta; concr., travelling equipage, luggage; and esp. in milit. lang., the baggage of an army (including the beasts of burden and their drivers; cf. sarcinae): nullis impedimentis, nullis Graecis comitibus (opp. magno et impedito comitatu), Cic. Mil. 10, 28: ad impedimenta et carros suos se contulerunt ... Ad multam noctem etiam ad impedimenta pugnatum est ... impedimentis castrisque nostri potiti sunt, Caes. B. G. 1, 26: impedimenta in unum locum contulerunt, id. ib. 1, 24 fin.: impedimentis direptis, etc., id. ib. 2, 17, 2; 2, 24, 3 et saep.: prima luce magnum numerum impedimentorum ex castris mulorumque produci eque iis stramenta detrahi jubet, pack-horses, id. ib. 7, 45, 2: interfectis omnibus impedimentis ad pugnam descendit, Front. Strat. 2, 1; Veg. Mil. 3, 6.

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