impulsor

English

Etymology

Latin impulsor

Noun

impulsor (plural impulsors)

  1. One who or that which impels; an inciter.
    • 1658, Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus:
      Which consisting of two Vectes or armes, converted towards each other, the innitency and stresse being made upon the hypomochlion or fulciment in the decussation, the greater compression is made by the union of two impulsors.

References


Catalan

Adjective

impulsor (feminine impulsora, masculine plural impulsors, feminine plural impulsores)

  1. impulsive

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /imˈpul.sor/, [ɪmˈpʊɫ.sɔr]

Noun

impulsor m (genitive impulsōris); third declension

  1. inciter, instigator

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative impulsor impulsōrēs
Genitive impulsōris impulsōrum
Dative impulsōrī impulsōribus
Accusative impulsōrem impulsōrēs
Ablative impulsōre impulsōribus
Vocative impulsor impulsōrēs

References

  • impulsor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • impulsor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

Portuguese

Adjective

impulsor m or f (plural impulsores, comparable)

  1. impulsive; impellent (which impels, drives)

Synonyms

Noun

impulsor m (plural impulsores, feminine impulsora, feminine plural impulsoras)

  1. impulsor; inciter; instigator

Synonyms


Spanish

Adjective

impulsor (feminine singular impulsora, masculine plural impulsores, feminine plural impulsoras)

  1. driving
  2. impulsive

Noun

impulsor m (plural impulsores)

  1. impeller
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