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impĕs

violence

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What it meant

impĕs — Lewis & Short

impĕs (inp-;

nom. given Prisc. 702 P., but used only in

I gen. and abl. sing.), pĕtis, m. in-peto; cf. praepes, = impetus, violence, vehemence, force: impete vasto amnis fertur, Ov. M. 3, 79: in juvenes certo sic impete sus fertur, id. ib. 8, 359; Laev. ap. Gell. 19, 7, 8; Lucr. 4, 416; 903: non potuit nubes capere inpetis auctum, id. 6, 327 sq.; 334; 591: valido impete quatere, id. 2, 330; Sil. 13, 248.— Plur.: venti flamina ruunt impetibus crebris, Lucr. 1, 293.—

II Mass, extent: homo tanto membrorum impete, ut, etc., Lucr. 5, 913.

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