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impulsus

(), , Part., from impello

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Where it lives

Pelopidas 1 · 14.04/10k
Antoninus Caracallus 1 · 4.9/10k
Vitellius 1 · 4.15/10k
Galba 1 · 3.63/10k
Pro M. Scauro 1 · 3.37/10k
Hecyra 3 · 3.33/10k
Pro C. Rabirio Postumo 1 · 2.46/10k
In L. Calpurnium Pisonem 2 · 1.84/10k
De Republica 4 · 1.83/10k
Hercules Oetaeus 2 · 1.78/10k
Medea 1 · 1.77/10k
Psychomachia 1 · 1.67/10k

Densest 12 of 53 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. impulsus — Lewis & Short

impulsus (inp-), a, um,

Part., from impello.

2. impulsus — Lewis & Short

impulsus (inp-), ūs, m.impello,

I a pushing or striking against.

I Lit., an outward pressure or shock, an impulse (class.; most freq. in abl. sing.): impulsu scutorum, Cic. Caecin. 15, 43: orbium, id. Rep. 6, 18: quae (natura) a primo impulsu moveatur, id. ib. 6, 25 fin.: is ardor non alieno impulsu, sed sua sponte movetur, id. N. D. 2, 12, 32: ventus, qui inferiora repentinis impulsibus quatit, App. de Mundo, p. 62.—

II Trop., incitement, instigation, influence (class.): ubi duxere impulsu vostro, vostro impulsu easdem exigunt, Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 45; cf. ib. 4, 4, 65: ipsos non negare, ad haec bona Chrysogonum accessisse impulsu suo, Cic. Rosc. Am. 37, 107; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 66, § 161: impulsu patrum, id. Rep. 2, 10: ne civitas eorum impulsu deficeret, Caes. B. G. 5, 25, 4: impulsu patrum, Cic. Rep. 6, 26: qui simili impulsu aliquid commiserint, id. Inv. 2, 5, 19: oratio pondere modo et impulsu proeliatur, Quint. 9, 1, 20: temeritatis subiti et vehementes impulsus, Val. Max. 9, 8.

In the wild

impulsu Seneca, Hercules Oetaeus 1
Inpulsu Seneca the Elder, Excerpta Controversiae 8.3
inpulsus Seneca the Elder, Controversiae 2.5.19
impulsu Cicero, In C. Verrem 2.2.161
impulsu Cicero, Pro C. Rabirio Postumo 20
inpulsu Cicero, De Inventione 2.19

6 of 100 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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